Confirmed Years: 1913-1916
Biography:
J.W. Brown arrived in Santa Barbara to assist Roy Overbaugh with camera and lab duties during December of 1912. They had been good friends back in Chicago. By 1913 John was shooting solo work for Flying A documentaries to be included in the Santa Barbara exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, still two years in the future. He then was promoted to the new third company, the Beauty brand, and continued on with Pollard and Fischer when they began doing features.
Confirmed American Credits:
Cinematographer --
- Quest, The (1915) Brand: American Distinctive Creation
- Miracle of Life, The (1915) Brand: Mutual Masterpictures
- Man Who Would Not Die, The (1916) Brand: Mutual Star Productions