Tom E. Brown

Tom's films have been featured at the American Museum of Natural History, the Walker Art Center, and the Guggenheim. His work has screened at hundreds of film festivals and has been televised internationally. He wrote and directed IFC short film favorites Das Clown, Don't Run Johnny, and Rubber Gloves, IFC's first film to stream online. Other notable shorts include Tradesman's Exit and Edvard Takes a Lover. Tom is a veteran of the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute's Screenwriters and Directors Labs. He wrote and directed the dramatic comedy Pushing Dead, a love story between a man and his disease. The film was a Sundance Institute/Rockefeller Foundation-supported feature starring James Roday, Robin Weigert, and Danny Glover. It screened at over 50 film festivals, garnering 10 best-feature audience and jury awards along the way, and a few handsome awards for the actors too. Tom has given lectures across the country (including at SUNY Purchase, Yale, Vermont College of Fine Arts, and the Human Rights Campaign HQ) focusing on his experience with chronic illness and how he finds the funny in the ache. He lives in Detroit with his dog, two peculiar dolls, and a number of affable puppets.