- Had been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1919, shortly after the organization was chartered. Served as Vice President from 1924-25.
- Began his long career as a 16-year-old assistant cameraman to D.W. Griffith.
- Worked in the lab for Kinemacolor Co., a production company that shot its films in a color process called Kinemacolor, one of the first--if not the first--studios to turn out full-color films.
- Son of William H. Brown and Lucille Browne.
- Former still photographer and lab technician, first associated with director D.W. Griffith as minor actor, then assistant to cinematographer G.W. Bitzer. Invented the double-printing technique used for the crucifixion scenes in Intolerance (1916), on which he worked as second cameraman. Later perfected the miniature projection process, used for magnification from small models (for example, King Kong (1933)). In the late 1930s started a new career, writing or adapting screenplays for several B-productions, several of which starred Boris Karloff.
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