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GORDON BROWN

DIRECTOR / CAMERAMAN / ADVENTURE FILMMAKER

Gordon Brown was shooting IMAX for MacGillivray Freeman Films Production of "Journey Into Amazing Caves"when Michael Brown shot this picture from a platform, set mid-way down inside a 600' deep ice cave in the Greenland Ice Cap.


A 5-time Emmy Award winner, Gordon Brown is recognized as one of the world's leading commercial cinematographers and adventure filmmakers. With over 20 years of professional experience Gordon's innovative style and provocative technique has captivated audiences of both the large and small screen. By working with a wide range of formats, Gordon has continuously challenged the limits of film and video within the barriers of location and budget. Gordon is as comfortable rappelling into 600' deep ice caves in Greenland with an IMAX camera as he is doing HD interviews with a studio crew in Los Angeles or running helmet-mounted kayaking POVs through Class V whitewater on the Nile. Gordon has shot HD for Disney and 35mm for National Commercials. He cut his teeth shooting 16mm handheld travel shots while skiing with the Mahre brothers in the mid '80s.

Gordon's commercial clients include Coors, Michelob, Janus Fund, Clairol, Vail Ski Area and the State Tourism Boards of both Colorado and West Virginia. Gordon has achieved acclaim as cinematographer and videographer for nationally televised films on National Geographic Explorer, ABC, CBS, NBC, Discovery, ESPN, MTV and OLN. Independent film credits include director of photography on "The Face", in which Gordon worked with ILM to effectively integrate 35mm live action shots with a 3D animated fish. He also directed photography on "Taking The Wheel", a comedic short film starring John Cleese.

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Gordon's work has been honored with numerous awards, including 3 National Emmys, 2 Regional Emmys, Best of Festival at Prague, Best Whitewater Film at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, 2 CINE Golden Eagles, 2 Cindys, The Grand Prize of the International Ski Film Festival as well as several additional National Emmy Nominations...

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Demo Reels

COMMERCIALS 4:34

CAVE KAYAKING 2:20

SKIING 2:32

TRAVEL 1:14

TRAVELING-TIME-LAPSE 1:13

IMAX 7:34

Adventures....

"Cavemen" Caving Pilot in Puerto Rico for Discovery

Gordon diving on the Great Barrier Reef August 2010, "Beyond Series" Kyle Portbury (Kilimanjaro 2008) directs a ground breaking series for the Seventh Day Adventists to air in Austrailia.

February 2010 Rwanda, Serac Adventure Films more to do with Malaria for Novartis

October 2009, Shooting on the Bering Sea, Alaska "Deadliest Catch" with Original Productions for Discovery.

August 2009 Tucson shooting F-16s for the United Arab Emirates.... Photo: Matt Crocco.

March 2009 back in Las Vegas and the Mid West shooting a pilot with Dana White through Pilgrim Films and TV.

November 2008 back to Chile to join a NASA team as Director/Cameraman for "Are We Alone?" for Discovery. Nathalie Cabrol leads her intrepid team of scientists in search of life in an incredibly harsh, environmental analogue to Mars four and a half billion years ago.

September 2008 Hired as Camera Operator on "Run For Money" for Sci Fi, in LA.

In August 2008 Fly to Argentina and drive through the Andes to Chaiten Chile to join a Pilgrim TV crew making a program for "In Harm's Way" for CW.

July 2008 Back to Tanzania to climb Kilimanjaro for Kyle Portbury's "The Mountain Within" Enham Kilimanjaro Challenge. You can see more including trailer at themountainwithin.com. What Kyle reports: "Gordon is the consummate adventure cinematographer, I couldn't have asked for a better creative collaborator. He is intuitive, proactive, listens to what you are going for and then gets it every time. Can't wait to make more films together." You can see more about Kyle's team at www.focusupmedia.com

March 2008 Back in the Kingdom with the Microjib shooting for Saudi Aramco. Lee Schnieder of Docucinema directs.

"Adventures" Continued....

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