Bill Brown (filmmaker)
Encyclopedia
Bill Brown is a "nomadic" filmmaker, photographer, and author from Lubbock
, Texas
. He has produced films on the United States–Mexico border
, North Dakota
missile silos, the Trans-Canada Highway
, among other places. The films have been exhibited at numerous film festivals and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art
in New York. He describes his films as postcards with a pretty picture but instead of words on the back, his films are narrated with voiceoverhttp://www.bloggernews.net/114313. He's also the author of a zine
called Dream Whip which currently has 14 issues, and the book Saugus to the Sea (ISBN 978-0968974407).
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. He has produced films on the United States–Mexico border
United States–Mexico border
The United States–Mexico border is the international border between the United States and Mexico. It runs from Imperial Beach, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east, and traverses a variety of terrains, ranging from major...
, North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
missile silos, the Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...
, among other places. The films have been exhibited at numerous film festivals and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York. He describes his films as postcards with a pretty picture but instead of words on the back, his films are narrated with voiceoverhttp://www.bloggernews.net/114313. He's also the author of a zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
called Dream Whip which currently has 14 issues, and the book Saugus to the Sea (ISBN 978-0968974407).
Films
- Roswell (1994)
- Hub City (1996)
- Confederation Park (1999)
- Buffalo Common (2001)
- Mountain State (2003)
- The Other Side (2006)