Mini-Biography:
Karl Brown was born on Dezember 26, 1896 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an American Kameramann, known for Intolerance (1916), The Birth of a Nation (1915), The Avenging Conscience (1914), Karl Brown's first movie on record is from 1914. Karl Brown died on March 25, 1990 in Woodland Hills, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1929.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1929: The Mississippi Gambler (Story ), Directed by Reginald Barker, with Joseph Schildkraut, Joan Bennett, Carmelita Geraghty,
1924: Merton of the Movies (Wie werde ich Filmstar?) (Kamera), Directed by James Cruze, with , Viola Dana, Charles Sellon,
1923: The covered wagon (Der Plachenwagen) (Kamera), Directed by James Cruze, with J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale,
1922: Is Matrimony a Failure? (Kamera), Directed by James Cruze, with T. Roy Barnes, Lila Lee, Lois Wilson,
1920: Always Audacious (Kamera Assistent), Directed by James Cruze, with Wallace Reid, Margaret Loomis, Clarence Geldart,
1919: True Heart Susie (Die Geschichte eines gewöhnlichen Mädchens) (Schwenker), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Clarine Seymour,
1919: Broken Blossoms (Zerbrochene Blüten) (Kamera), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp,
1919: The Girl Who Stayed at Home (Kamera Assistent), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Adolphe Lestina, Carol Dempster, Frances Parks,
1919: The Romance of Happy Valley (Schwenker), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Lydia Yeamans Titus, Robert Harron, Kate Bruce,
1918: The Greatest Thing in Life (Schwenker), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, David Butler, Robert Harron,
1918: Battling Jane (Kamera), Directed by Elmer Clifton, with Dorothy Gish, May Hall, Katherine MacDonald,
1918: The Great Love (Schwenker), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with George Fawcett, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron,
1918: Hearts of the World (Herzen der Welt) (Kamera Assistent), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Adolphe Lestina,
1916: The Traveling Salesman (Kamera), Directed by Joseph Kaufman, with Frank McIntyre, Doris Kenyon, Harry S. Northrup,
1916: Intolerance (Intoleranz, Intoleranz 2. Teil - Triumph der Liebe, Götzen der Menschheit, Die Tragödie der Menschheit, Der Kreislauf der Liebe durch die Jahrtausende) (Kamera), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Spottiswoode Aitken, Mary Alden,
1915: The Birth of a Nation (Geburt einer Nation) (Schwenker), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh,
1914: The Avenging Conscience (Das rächende Gewissen) (Schwenker), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Henry B. Walthall, Spottiswoode Aitken, Blanche Sweet,
1914: The Escape (Schwenker: camera operator (/xx/) ), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Donald Crisp, F.A. Turner, Robert Harron,
1914: Home, Sweet Home (Kamera Assistent), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Henry B. Walthall, Josephine Crowell, Lillian Gish,
1914: The Battle of the Sexes (Der Kampf der Geschlechter) (Schwenker), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Donald Crisp, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron,
Bibliography
Lothar R. Just, Filmjahrbuch 1991, München 1991