Robert Latham Brown

Robert Latham Brown (born June 20, 1947) is a film producer, line producer, production manager, author, and University of Southern California film and television adjunct professor. In his more than 30-year film career Brown has worked with George Lucas, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg, and others. His expertise in budgeting and line producing inspired Mel Brooks, his multi-feature boss at the time, to nickname Brown "Mr. On-Budget".

Career Robert Latham Brown has worked in production capacity on more than 40 feature films, including the very small (the Ray Liotta/Ron Perlman film Local Color, along with drama The Anarchist Cookbook) and also the very large (Blues Brothers, Starship Troopers, and the Kevin Bacon film Hollow Man).

Robert Latham Brown spent most of his early career at Universal Studios. After his work with John Carpenter on The Thing, the invitation of Lucasfilm producer/vice president Howard Kazanjian sent Brown to begin work on Return of the Jedi. Afterward Brown's career took a freelance aspect that allowed him to work on an eclectic list of films with some of the top individuals in the business, including Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Author and teacher Robert Latham Brown authored the long acclaimed book Planning the Low-Budget Film, and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts since 1996. Additionally, Brown is a former contributing writer to Indie Slate Magazine, writing a series of reviews on film production software.

Writing awards Brown's book, Planning the Low-Budget Film was a finalist for the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Awards, and that same year was a first-place winner in the Hollywood Book Festival. In 2002, his screenplay Keats was named a semi-finalist in the 9th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition. In 2020, his screenplay Xena & Jonny was named a finalist in the ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition.

Partial filmography Year Film Credit Notes 1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79 Unit Production Manager Credited as "Bob Brown." 1980 The Nude Bomb Unit Production Manager The Blues Brothers Unit Production Manager 1981 All Night Long Unit Production Manager Bustin' Loose Unit Production Manager Ghost Story Production Manager 1982 The Thing Production Manager Shot in the U.S. and Canada. 1983 Return of the Jedi Production Executive U.S. filming. Iceman Production Manager Shot in the U.S. and Canada. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Production Manager U.S. filming. Best Defense Unit Production Manager Shot in the U.S. and Israel. 1984 The Goonies Unit Production Manager Second unit, uncredited. 1985 Warning Sign Associate ProducerUnit Production Manager 1986 Blue City Unit Production Manager One Crazy Summer Unit Production Manager Howard the Duck Co-ProducerProduction Manager 1987 Spaceballs Production Manager 1988 Clean and Sober Unit Production Manager Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Production Manager Additional scenes. Child's Play Unit Production Manager 1989 The War of the Roses Unit Production Manager 1990 Child's Play 2 Executive Producer 1991 Child's Play 3 Producer1993 Babylon 5: The Gathering Producer Pilot telefilm Robin Hood: Men in Tights Executive in Charge of ProductionProduction Manager1995 Dracula: Dead and Loving It Associate ProducerProduction Manager Showgirls Unit Production Manager 1997 Starship Troopers Production Manager 1998 The Parent Trap Unit Production Manager 2000 Hollow Man Production Manager 2001 Ali Production Manager Uncredited. Prep period only.2002 Spider-Man Unit Production Manager Additional scenes and post production. Uncredited. Vampires: Los Muertos Line ProducerUnit Production Manager U.S. filming. The Anarchist Cookbook Producer2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Unit Production Manager Additional scenes. Uncredited. S.W.A.T. Unit Production Manager2005 A Lot Like Love Unit Production Manager Lords of Dogtown Unit Production Manager Additional scenes. Uncredited.2006 Local Color Co-producerUnit Production Manager The Holiday Unit Production Manager Additional scenes. Uncredited. 2009 Hard Breakers ProducerProduction Manager