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About David Brown

	David Brown accepting his Emmy

David L. Brown, Co-Producer, Co-Director, Co-Writer, is a San Francisco documentary filmmaker who – since 1971 - has produced, written and directed over 80 productions and 10 broadcast documentaries on social, nuclear, environmental, health, technology, peace and justice issues.  His documentaries have received over 80 international awards, including two Emmy awards, and have been broadcast on PBS and in fifteen countries. 

Recent work includes OF WIND AND WAVES:  THE LIFE OF WOODY BROWN, an hour-long profile of legendary 94-year-old surfer, Woody Brown; THE BRIDGE SO FAR:  A SUSPENSE STORY, an 56-minute documentary on the troubled 16-year-history of the new east span of the S.F.-Oakland Bay Bridge that received two Emmy awards; SENIORS FOR PEACE, a 26-minute portrait of a group of articulate and passionate senior peace activists (average age 85) which aired on national PBS in 2004;  and SURFING FOR LIFE, an inspirational one hour documentary on older surfers as models of healthy aging.  It screened theatrically in 40 cities, was broadcast on over 140 PBS stations, won 15 international awards (including the Golden Maile for Best Documentary at the Hawai'i International Film Festival), and was profiled in The New York Times Magazine, Parade Magazine, on National Public Radio and ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.  The San Francisco Chronicle called it “a treasure, perhaps the most intelligent treatment of surfing ever captured on film.”

Brown produced several films on nuclear and environmental issues culminating in BOUND BY THE WIND, a moving documentary on the global legacy of nuclear weapons testing and the plight of the world’s “downwinders.” It won 20 international awards and has been broadcast on PBS and in 14 countries.  The Boston Globe called it “far and away the best film on the nuclear legacy.” 

Brown teaches Documentary Filmmaking at the City College of San Francisco and UC Berkeley Extension and the History of Documentary at the San Francisco Film Society .  His current projects in production include one-hour documentaries on the progressive blogosphere and the 40-year campaign to save San Bruno Mountain, south of San Francisco. 

For more information, visit David's website at dlbfilms.com.