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Kirk Browning
New York City, New York, USA
Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of Live…
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Kirk Browning (March 28, 1921 – February 10, 2008) was an American television director and producer who had hundreds of productions to his credit, including 185 broadcasts of Live from Lincoln Center. Born in New York City, Browning dropped out of Cornell University after attending for only one month and moved to Waco, Texas, where he was hired as a newspaper reporter. Because of a childhood injury, he was rejected by the United States Army when he tried to enlist during World War II, so he worked as an ambulance driver in England and France. In the late 1940s, he was a chicken farmer operating an egg route in Ridgefield, Connecticut when one of his customers offered him a job in the music library at NBC. The clerical position led to his directing live televised performances by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Soon after he was made a stage manager of the network's newly formed opera company, and he later became its Director. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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2006
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
Movie Director
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2006
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
Movie Director
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2000
Death of a Salesman
Movie Director
- 1998
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1996
New York City Opera: The Merry Widow
Movie Director
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1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Movie Director
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1991
Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
Movie Director
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1991
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie Director
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1990
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Movie Director
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1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Movie Director
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1989
Show Boat
Movie Director
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1989
Our Town
Movie Director
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1988
An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
Movie Director
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1988
A Walk in the Woods
Movie Director
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1987
The House of Blue Leaves
Movie Director
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1987
Turandot
Movie Director
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1986
Die Fledermaus
Movie Director
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1986
Candide
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1986
New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Movie Director
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1985
The Gospel at Colonus
Movie Director
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1985
Tosca
Movie Director
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1984
You Can't Take it With You
Movie Director
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1984
La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera
Movie Director
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1983
Ernani
Movie Director
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1983
Alice in Wonderland
Movie Director
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1983
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Movie Director
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1982
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Movie Director
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1982
Lucia di Lammermoor - Metropolitan Opera
Movie Director
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1982
Fifth of July
Movie Director
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1982
Horowitz in London
Movie Director
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1982
Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
Movie Director
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1982
Working
Movie Director
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Director
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1982
Idomeneo
Movie Director
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1982
Puccini: La bohème
Movie Director
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1981
Il trittico
Movie Director
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1981
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage
Movie Director
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1981
Elixir of Love
Movie Director
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1981
L'Elisir d'Amore
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