Kirk Browning

Directing·Mar 28, 1921· New York City, New York, USA

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Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of Live from Lincoln Center. Born in New York City, Browning dropped out of Cornell University after attending for only one month and moved to Waco, Texas, where he was hired as a newspaper reporter. Because of a childhood injury, he was rejected by the United States Army when he tried to enlist during World War II, so he worked as an ambulance driver in England and France. In the late 1940s, he was a chicken farmer operating an egg route in Ridgefield, Connecticut when one of his customers offered him a job in the music library at NBC. The clerical position led to his directing live televised performances by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Soon after he was made a stage manager of the network's newly formed opera company, and he later became its Director. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Film	Credit
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy – Stravinsky & Rachmaninov2010 · Director	Director
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve2006 · Director	Director
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center2006 · Director	Director
Death of a Salesman2000 · Director	Director
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere1998 · Director	Director
NNew York City Opera: The Merry Widow1996 · Director	Director
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall1992 · Director	Director
Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago1991 · Director	Director
The Grapes of Wrath1991 · Director	Director
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music1990 · Director	Director
William Shakespeare's Hamlet1990 · Director	Director
Show Boat1989 · Director	Director
Our Town1989 · Director	Director
An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti1988 · Director	Director
A Walk in the Woods1988 · Director	Director
The House of Blue Leaves1987 · Director	Director
Turandot1987 · Director	Director
Die Fledermaus1986 · Director	Director
Candide1986 · Director	Director
New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream1986 · Director	Director
The Gospel at Colonus1985 · Director	Director
Tosca1985 · Director	Director
You Can't Take it With You1984 · Director	Director
La Forza del Destino1984 · Director	Director
Ernani1983 · Director	Director
Alice in Wonderland1983 · Director	Director
Lucia di Lammermoor1983 · Director	Director
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala1983 · Director	Director
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel1982 · Director	Director
Fifth of July1982 · Director	Director
Horowitz in London1982 · Director	Director
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare1982 · Director	Director
Working1982 · Director	Director
Idomeneo1982 · Director	Director
Puccini: La bohème1982 · Director	Director
Il trittico1981 · Director	Director
Snow White Live1981 · Director	Director
L'Elisir d'Amore1981 · Director	Director
Elixir of Love1981 · Director	Director
Samson et Dalila1981 · Director	Director
Big Blonde1980 · Director	Director
Puccini: Manon Lescaut1980 · Director	Director
Don Carlo1980 · Director	Director
Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera1979 · Director	Director
Don Pasquale1979 · Director	Director
Tosca1978 · Director	Director
Tartuffe1978 · Director	Director
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci1978 · Director	Director