Brownlow, Kevin

Kevin Brownlow, who lives in London, is a historian of silent films, which he began collecting at the age of eleven. He has written about them in "The Parade's Gone By...; The War, the West, and the Wilderness; Behind the Mask of Innocence; Hollywood: The Pioneers; "and "Napolean: Abel Gance's Classic Film", which recounted his acclaimed reconstruction of that famous masterpiece. As a filmmaker, he has made two features with Andrew Mollo--"It Happened Here" and "Winstanley"--and several television documentaries with David Gill, including the thirteen-part series "Hollywood", first shown in 198...