Jaws producer David Brown dies at 93 in New York
Veteran US film producer David Brown, a four-time Oscar nominee whose credits include Jaws and Driving Miss Daisy, died at his home in Manhattan after a long illness, the Hearst Corporation said. He was 93. The former journalist has also been credited...
Veteran US film producer David Brown, a four-time Oscar nominee whose credits include Jaws and Driving Miss Daisy, died at his home in Manhattan after a long illness, the Hearst Corporation said. He was 93.
The former journalist has also been credited with helping bring Elvis Presley to the big screen for the first time in Love Me Tender and with helping launch the career of Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg.
After being hired in 1951 to head the story department at 20th Century Fox, Mr Brown rose through the company before forming his own production company with Richard Zanuck in 1972.
One of the first movies the partnership produced was the 1973 hit The Sting, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
Mr Brown and Mr Zanuck also worked with Mr Spielberg on The Sugarland Express and later hired him to direct Jaws.
They dissolved the company in 1988 when Mr Brown founded his own production company, The Manhattan Project Ltd.