David Brown

Biography

David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010) was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley.

Personal Facts

Known For

Production

Gender

male

Known Credits

49

Birth Date

1916-07-28 00:00:00

Birth Place

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Jaws
• 

  Deep Impact
• 

  A Few Good Men
• 

  The Sting
• 

  Kiss the Girls
• 

  Chocolat

Credits

• production (37 credits)

  • SUGARLAND - Live at SoundStage 2009

    producer

    production
    2009
  • Flyboys

    executive producer

    production
    2006
  • Along Came a Spider

    producer

    production
    2001
  • Chocolat

    producer

    production
    2000
  • Up at the Villa

    co-producer

    production
    2000
  • Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    producer

    production
    2000
  • Angela's Ashes

    producer

    production
    1999
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil

    executive in charge of production

    production
    1999
  • Dream Kitchen

    production designer

    production
    1999
  • Deep Impact

    producer

    production
    1998
  • Kiss the Girls

    producer

    production
    1997
  • The Saint

    producer

    production
    1997
  • A Season in Purgatory

    executive producer

    production
    1996
  • The Cemetery Club

    producer

    production
    1993
  • A Few Good Men

    producer

    production
    1992
  • Rich in Love

    co-producer

    production
    1992
  • The Player

    producer

    production
    1992
  • Hear My Song

    associate producer

    production
    1991
  • Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

    producer

    production
    1991
  • Mara

    producer

    production
    1991
  • Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

    producer

    production
    1990
  • Driving Miss Daisy

    executive producer

    production
    1989
  • Dream Demon

    line producer

    production
    1988
  • Cocoon: The Return

    producer

    production
    1988
  • Cocoon

    producer

    production
    1985
  • The Verdict

    producer

    production
    1982
  • Neighbors

    producer

    production
    1981
  • The Island

    producer

    production
    1980
  • Jaws 2

    producer

    production
    1978
  • MacArthur

    executive producer

    production
    1977
  • Jaws

    producer

    production
    1975
  • The Eiger Sanction

    executive producer

    production
    1975
  • The Girl from Petrovka

    producer

    production
    1974
  • The Black Windmill

    executive producer

    production
    1974
  • The Sugarland Express

    producer

    production
    1974
  • The Sting

    executive producer

    production
    1973
  • Sssssss

    executive producer

    production
    1973

• actors (12 credits)

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Crown Heights

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Making of Jaws 2

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • In the Teeth of Jaws

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Making of 'Jaws'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995