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Honorary Positions:
2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival Fimmakers Seminar Leader
2006 Shoot Out
Boulder Festival Jury
2006
Telluride
Mountainfilm Board of Advisors
2005
Banff
Mountain Film Festival Jury
2005
Kendal Mountain Film Festival Jury
2005
Sports Emmy Awards Blue Ribbon Judging Panel
2005 Executive
Board of Population Blue
Clients and
Positions:
Photo of Michael
Brown at 22,000-ft above Everest Base Camp
© Ace Kvale 2006
1992-Now Serac
Adventure Films, Boulder, President
2006 Indus Films, Whales, Director/Cinematographer
2006
BBC/Discovery Channel, London/Washington DC, Health and Safety and Director of
Photography
2005-Now
MacGillivray
Freeman Films, Laguna; Director of IMAX Photography, Co-Director
2004-Now Voom/Rush HD, New
York City, Producer Director
2004 Big
Rabbit Productions, London, Cameraman
2004 ESPN,
X-Games, Huntington Beach, Cameraman
2004
Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Cameraman/Photographer
2004 Radar Communications, Cameraman/Editor
2003-2004
National Geographic Television, Washington DC, Director,
Producer
Michael trimming
sails onboard Nirvana during the Newport - Bermuda Race
2004.
2004 NBC Sports,
Cameraman
2002-2004 Outside
Television, Los Angeles, Filmmaker
2003 Octagon,
Stamford, Cameraman
2003
Blueprint Creative,
Seattle, Cameraman
2001
Aperture
Films, Laguna; Director, Cinematographer
1993-2003 American
Adventure Productions, Aspen; Field Producer, Writer, Editor,
Cinematographer
2000 Quokka Sports, San Francisco,
Web
Correspondent, Photographer
1998 MacGillivray
Freeman Films, Laguna; Vertical Work Assistant Camera
1993
National Geographic Television, Washington DC, Field
Producer, Cinematographer
1992-1998 Summit
Films, Gypsum; Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
1993-1996 Z
Productions, Sausalito; Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
1991-1992 Summit
Films, Gypsum; Production Manager, Location Sound, Assistant Camera
1988-1990 CIRES/NCAR/NOAA:
Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder; Research Assistant
Industry Awards:
2007 Giant Screen Cinema Association (IMAX), Best Cinematography, Director of Mountain Photography
1997 National
Sports Emmy, Electronic Cameraperson
1996 National
Sports Emmy, Electronic Cameraperson
1993 National
Sports Emmy, Film Cinematographers
2007 Telly Award ( Mountains Without Barriers)
2007 Aurora Awards, Platinum Best of Show
2007 Aurora Awards, Gold Award
2007 Telly Award (Light of the Himalaya)
2006 Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award Finalist
2004 National Sports
Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Documentary (Director, Editor, Writer)
2004 National Sports
Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Camera Work
2003 Michigan Outdoor Writers
Association, Teddy Award
2001 Michigan
Outdoor Writers Association, Teddy Award
1999 International Cinema in Industry Competition Gold Award (CINDY),
Visual
Communicators
1993 Cine Golden
Eagle, Producer
1995 Regional Telly, Director of Photography & Editor
1995 Regional
Joey, Director of Photography
1995 Regional Addy, Director of Photography
Film Festival Awards (Principle filmmaker unless noted):
2007 International Alliance for Mountain Film, Grand Prize
2007 My Hero Film Festival, 'Grand Prize' and 'First Place in Category'
2007 Explorer's Festival, 'Ascent Award' (First Place)
2007 Taos Mountain Film Festival, 'Best Film of Mountain Culture,' (second win for this award in two years) Taos, New Mesico
2007 International Mountaineering Film Festival Teplice Nad Metuji, 'Best Documentary'- Czech Republic
2007 Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 'The Chris Awards, Honerable Mention' Ohio
2007 Festival International De L'Aventure Sportive, 'La Jarre d'Or,' Vallauris, France
2007 HeSCA Media Festival, 'Silver Award'
2007 International Wildlife Film Festival, 'Best of Festival,' Missoula, Montana
2007 Boulder Adventure Film Festival, 'Funniest Adventure Film,' Boulder, Colorado
2006 Explorer's Festival, 'Ascent Award' (First Place)
2006 Houston International Film Festival, Bronze REMI Award
2006 Chicago Film Festival (Intercom), 'Certificate of Merit,' Chicago, Illinois
2006 Taos Mountain Film Festival, 'Best Film of Mountain Culture,' Taos, New Mesico
2006 Breckenridge Festival of
Film, 'Best of Festival: Documentary'
2006
Wanaka Mountain Film Festival, 'Best Film on Culture and
Environment'
2006
Boulder Adventure Film Festival,
'Most Inspiring Film'
2006
Boulder International Film Festival,
'Best Colorado Film'
2005
Boulder Adventure Film Festival, 'Best
Adventure Biography'
2005
Wanaka Mountain Film Festival, 'Best film on Climbing'
2005
Boulder International Film Festival,
'Best Adventure Film'
2004
Explorer's Festival, 'Camera
Extreme', Lodz Poland
2004
Graz
International Mountain and Adventure Film Festival, Austria: Kamera
Alpin in Gold
2004
International
Environmental Film Festival
in Barcelona Spain:
'Special Prize Documentary'
2004
Hory a
Mesto International Festival of Mountain Film and Adventure in
Bratislava Slovakia: Best Film in 'Earth' Category
2004
Newport Beach Film Festival: 'Audience Award' and
'Cinematography' in the
Documentary
category
2004
Worldfest Houston:
'Special Jury Award'
2004
Beverly Hills Film Festival 'Audience Choice, Best Documentary'
2004
Golden Film Festival,
Best Documentary Director and Best Action Documentary
2004
Flagstaff
Mountain Film Festival, Best Mountain Adventure Feature
2003 Whistler
Film Festival, Butch Freedhoff Human Spirit Award
 2003
Banff Mountain Film Festival, Special Jury Award
2003 Montreal
International Adventure Film Festival, Grand Prize
2003 Taos Mountain Film Festival,
Best of Festival
2002
Explorers
Club Film Festival, Special Jury Award, Environmental Film (In the
Shadow of the Condor)
2001 The New
York International Mountain Film Festival Alpinfilm: Best Film on Climbing
(Editor, Diamonds in the Rough)
2000 Banff
Mountain Film Festival, Best Film on Mountain Sports
1999 New York
Alpine Film Festival, Peoples Choice & Best
Climbing Film (Vietnam into the Dragon's Teeth)
1999 Vancouver
International Mountain Film Festival,
Best
Film on Mountain Culture
1998
Vancouver
International Mountain Film Festival,
Special
Jury Award
1998 Teplice
& Metuji, Czech Republic, Best Adventure Film
(Rivers of the Underworld)
1997 Gravity
Sports Film Festival, Runner Up, Best Climbing
Film (Vietnam Into the Dragon's Teeth)
Film and
Video Credits:
Director, Cinematographer, Writer:
2007 3 Peaks 3 Weeks, HDTV Documentary with Rush HD, Ten Women Climb Peaks for Charity
2006 The Endless Knot, HDTV Documentary with The North Face and Rush HD, Climbing School for Sherpas
Co-Director, Director of Mountain Photography:
2006 MacGillivray Freeman
Films, Return to Everest IMAX in 3D
Director,
Cinematographer, Writer, Editor:
2005 Light of the Himalaya,
HDTV Documentary with The North Face, Global Giving and Rush HD about the
Himalayan Cataract Project
2001 Everest:
Farther than the Eye Can See, HDTV Documentary following blind climber Erik Weihenmayer's climb
of Mount Everest in Nepal
 Producer, Director
2003 National Geographic Specials, Braving Antarctica, Documentary
of the new South Pole Station, Antarctica
Executive
Producer, Filmmaker, Live Content Photojournalist:
2004 Newport to
Bermuda Sail Race, Independent
2000 NBC/Quokka
Sports/WebTV, Everest Dreams, Climb of
29,035-ft Mount Everest
Michael in Yochib Cave, Mexico from 'Rivers of the Underworld' photo by
Corinne Platt.
Producer,
Director, Cinematographer, Editor:
2002
Independent, Kosciuszko, Australia, Blind Climbers Erik
Weihenmayer's Seventh Summit.
2002 Independent
Film, Shaslikski, Ski Mountaineering on Mount Elbrus in Russia
2002 Outside
Television, Outdoor Life Network, In the Shadow of the
Condor, Exploration
in Southern Chile
1999 NBC/The
North Face Expeditions, Shishapangma: A
Celebration of Life, Ski Mountaineering in the Tibetan Himalayas
1999 NBC/The
North Face Expeditions, Sardinia &
Madagascar: Islands in the Sky, Big Wall Climbing with Lynn Hill
1999 Outdoor
Life Network, Chile; Traverse in the Land of
Ayacara, Adventure Traverse
1998 Outdoor
Life Network, Pumori: Daughter of Everest, Mountaineering
First Ascent
1997 Outdoor
Life Network, Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon, Kayaking &
cultural exploration
1997 Outdoor
Life Network, Tommy Moe's Alaska, Ski Mountaineering and Kayaking
1997 Outdoor
Life Network, Rivers of the Underworld, Cave
Kayaking
1996 Outdoor
Life Network, Vietnam: Into the Dragon's Teeth, Rock Climbing
1996 Outdoor
Life Network, Tien Shan: Celestial Extreme, Skiing in Central Asia
1996 Outdoor
Life Network, Tsunami Rangers, Sea Kayaking
Director of Mountain
Photography:
2006
MacGillivray Freeman
Films, IMAX The Alps
Cinematographer,
Editor:
1996 CBS Sports,
Rocky Mountain Adventure Games, Kayaking, Hang Gliding, Mountain
Biking
1995 Outdoor
Life Network, Desert BASE Jump, BASE Jumping
1995 MGM Grand
Hotel, Las Vegas, The Making of EFX With Michael
Crawford
1994 March of
Dimes, Abuse for Two, Public Service Announcement
Michael with
Nepali man in Namche Bazaar, photo by Roger Brown
Producer,
Cinematographer:
1993 MTV Sports,
Cave Wave, Sea Kayaking
1993 National
Geographic Explorer, Wave Warriors, Sea Kayaking
Cinematographer:
2004 Climbing Blind, Robson Productions
2004 X-Games, ESPN
2004
NBC Sports,
Ouray Ice
Festival
2003
Octagon/NBC Sports, Balance Bar 24 Hour Adventure Race New York City, New
York
2003 Octagon/NBC Sports, Ford Balance Bar 24 Hour Adventure Race, Beaver
Creek, Colorado
2003 Outdoor
Life Network/American Adventure Productions, Global Extremes: Costa Rica
2002 Outdoor
Life Network, Global Extreme, Moab and Aspen Events
2001
Kilimanjaro,
Documentary following Heart Transplant recipient Kelly Perkins on Mount Kilimanjaro
in Africa. Used on ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings
1999 NBC
Dateline, Tribute to Alex Lowe with Tom Brokaw, Alex Lowe and
David Bridges
1998 Outdoor
Life Network, The Northwest Passage, Sea Kayaking in the Arctic
Ocean
1997 Outside
Magazine's Great Adventures, The Grand Teton, Climbing
1995 Discovery
Channel, Worlds of Wonder, Camera Technology
 1993 ESPN, Rivers
of the Maya, Caving and Kayaking
1993 ESPN, Easter
Island, Forbidden Surf, Surfing, Windsurfing, Sea Kayaking
1993
Commercials, Copper Mountain Ski Area
1994 Commercial,
Adobe Systems, Acrobat
Producer:
1999 NBC/The North Face Expeditions Television
Series on NBC
1994 Commercials, Morph, Perspective, Public Relations
Michael
with kayak camera housing photo © Michele Cardamone 1993. From; Rivers of the Maya.
Editor:
1999 Outdoor
Life Network, Greenland, War & Poetry, Rock Climb
1999
Independent, The Great Alexandra, Alexandra Nechita, Artist Profile
1998
Independent, The North Face, Never Stop Exploring, Climbing
1998 Outdoor
Life Network, Giant Squid, Monster of the Deep, Wildlife
1997 Outdoor
Life Network, Bolivia: Andes to Amazon, Kayaking &
Mountaineering
1996
Independent, Diamonds in the Rough, Rock Climbing in South Africa
1995 Outdoor
Life Network, Karakorum Wild and Free, Rock Climbing
1995 Outdoor
Life Network, Balloon over Mt. Sopris, Ballooning
Associate
Producer, Location Sound:
1993
Independent, Kamchatka: Land of Fire & Ice, Skiing &
Snowboarding
1991 ESPN, Mt.
Cook: Summit of Extremes, Skiing, Snowboarding, Hang Gliding
1991 Fox
Television, Ultimate Challenge, Indonesia's Waterfalls, Kayaking
1991 Ski the
Summit, The Magic Skis, Theatrical Ski Film
 Michael
photo by
Gordon Brown in Greenland while filming MacGillivray Freeman Films and
Imax Theater Films, "Journey to Amazing
Caves 2001"
Associate Producer, Camera Assistant:
1991 National
Geographic Explorer, Jungle Kayakers, Mexico (Kayaking and Caving)
1993
Commercials, West Virginia, No Place Else (Tourism)
1993
Commercials, Breckenridge Ski Area
Camera Assistant:
1998
MacGillivray Freeman
Films, IMAX Journey into Amazing Caves Ice Caving in Greenland
1989 National
Geographic Explorer, White Water Wizards KayakingS
Still Photography:
(Published Still Photographs, National Publications Listed)
2006 Men's Journal Magazine,
Morocco feature article
2004 Mac Design Magazine
2004 The Economist (Ad for Novartis)
2004
Apple.com
2003
Outside Magazine
2003 National Geographic Adventure Magazine
2003 Popular Science
2001 USA Today
Education: 1990 University
of Colorado, Boulder; Bachelor of Arts, major in Geography
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