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Honorary
Positions:
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 200
1992-Now Serac
Adventure Films,
Boulder, President
2006
BBC/Discovery Channel, London/Atlanta, Health and
Safety and Director of Photography
2005-Now
MacGillivray Freeman Films,
Laguna; Director of
IMAX Photography
2004-2005 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:
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
(CINDY), Visual
Communicators
1997 National Sports Emmy, Electronic
Cameraperson
1996 National Sports Emmy, Electronic
Cameraperson
1993 National Sports Emmy, Film
Cinematographers
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):
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
(Ten of Michael's films have been included as
finalists the Banff Mountain Film Festival and
competition. Only two have won awards as it is a
tough competition. In 2005 he will be part of the
Jury.)
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, 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
Photography:
2006
MacGillivray Freeman Films, IMAX Alps: Giants of
Nature
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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