David Brown

Birth Name:

David Brown

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Director

Won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures at the 1993 PGA Awards
Started his career as a journalist and moved into editing, serving as the editor of Liberty magazine in the 1940s
Quote: "(On "Jaws") "It came to my attention through a five-by-six card in the fiction file of Cosmopolitan․․․There was a brief description perhaps two paragraphs long, and the last sentence said it would make a good movie․ It was then in manuscript form, and I thought it would make a terrific movie but I had no idea how to go about it․ Nobody had ever conceived of a movie where a man-eating shark leans up upon the stern of a boat and swallows a man․""
Produced many successful films with producing partner Richard D․ Zanuck, including "Jaws," "Cocoon" and "Driving Miss Daisy․"
Used the sense of story and the publisher and agent connects he'd made as a journalist to aid in his producing career, and was known for championing writers
Before his Cosmopolitan editor wife Helen Gurley Brown ever worked at the magazine, he served as its managing editor
Wrote an anecdotal biography called "Let Me Entertain You" and a book of advice called "Brown's Guide to the Good Life: Tears, Fears, and Boredom․"

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