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Clarence Brown

Directing·May 10, 1890·Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

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Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. After serving as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in the United States Army Air Service during World War I, Brown was given his first co-directing credit (with Tourneur) for The Great Redeemer (1920). Later that year, he directed a major portion of The Last of the Mohicans after Tourneur was injured in a fall. Brown moved to Universal in 1924, and then to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he remained until the mid-1950s. At MGM he was one of the main directors of their major female stars, he directed Joan Crawford six times and Greta Garbo seven. Brown was nominated five times for six films (see below) for an Academy Award as a director, but he never received an Oscar. However, he won Best Foreign Film for Anna Karenina, starring Garbo at the 1935 Venice International Film Festival. Brown's films gained a total of 38 Academy Award nominations and earned nine Oscars. Brown himself received five Academy Award nominations for six films and in 1949, he won the British Academy Award for the film version of William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust. In 1957, Brown was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. Brown retired a wealthy man due to his real estate investments, but refused to watch new movies, as he feared they might cause him to restart his career. The Clarence Brown Theater, on the campus of the University of Tennessee, is named in his honor. He holds the record for most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director without a win, with six.

Academy Awards®1947
- Best Director
  The Yearling
Academy Awards®1946
- Best Director
  National Velvet
Academy Awards®1944
- Best Director
  The Human Comedy
Academy Awards®1931
- Best Director
  A Free Soul
Academy Awards®1930
- Best Director
  Anna Christie, Romance

Film	Credit
Plymouth Adventure1952 · Director	Director
When in Rome1952 · Director	Director
It's a Big Country1951 · Director	Director
Angels in the Outfield1951 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
To Please a Lady1950 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Intruder in the Dust1949 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Song of Love1947 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Yearling1946 · Director	Director
National Velvet1945 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The White Cliffs of Dover1944 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Human Comedy1943 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
They Met in Bombay1941 · Director	Director
Come Live with Me1941 · Director	Director
Edison, the Man1940 · Director	Director
The Rains Came1939 · Director	Director
Idiot's Delight1939 · Director	Director
Of Human Hearts1938 · Director	Director
Conquest1937 · Director	Director
The Gorgeous Hussy1936 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Wife vs. Secretary1936 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Ah, Wilderness!1935 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Anna Karenina1935 · Director	Director
Chained1934 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Sadie McKee1934 · Director	Director
Night Flight1933 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Looking Forward1933 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Son-Daughter1932 · Director	Director
Letty Lynton1932 · Director	Director
Emma1932 · Director	Director
Possessed1931 · Man on Merry-Go-Round (uncredited), Director, Producer	Man on Merry-Go-Round (uncredited), Director, Producer
A Free Soul1931 · Director	Director
Inspiration1931 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Romance1930 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Anna Christie1930 · Director	Director
Navy Blues1929 · Roller Coaster Rider, Director, Producer	Roller Coaster Rider, Director, Producer
Wonder of Women1929 · Director	Director
A Woman of Affairs1928 · Director	Director
The Trail of '981928 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Flesh and the Devil1926 · Director	Director
Kiki1926 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Eagle1925 · Director	Director
The Goose Woman1925 · Director	Director
Smouldering Fires1925 · Director	Director
Butterfly1924 · Director	Director
The Signal Tower1924 · Switch Man, Director	Switch Man, Director
The Acquittal1923 · Director	Director
Don't Marry for Money1923 · Director	Director
The Light in the Dark1922 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Foolish Matrons1921 · Director	Director
The Great Redeemer1920 · Director	Director