Kirk Browning
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 28, 1921
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 10, 2008
Biography
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.
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Movies directed by Kirk Browning
- Mayerling 1957 · ★ 6.1
- The Taming of the Shrew 1976 · ★ 6.9
- Alice in Wonderland 1983 · ★ 6.8
- Turandot 1987 · ★ 7.1
- New York City Opera: A Little Night Music 1990 · ★ 9.2
- Working 1982 · ★ 4.8
- Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall 1992 · ★ 9.0
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage 1981 · ★ 6.8
- Our Town 1989 · ★ 9.0
- Death of a Salesman 2000 · ★ 8.3
- Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci 1978 · ★ 9.3
- The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center 2006 · ★ 10.0
- Damn Yankees 1967 · ★ 5.3
- Amahl and the Night Visitors 1951 · ★ 8.0
- La Bohème 1977 · ★ 7.7
- Tosca 1985 · ★ 7.3
- The Royal Family 1977 · ★ 8.0
- Rigoletto 1977 · ★ 9.0
- Idomeneo 1982 · ★ 8.0
- Amahl and the Night Visitors 1963 · ★ 8.0
- A Walk in the Woods 1988 · ★ 8.5
- Big Blonde 1980 · ★ 6.0
- Samson et Dalila 1981 · ★ 8.5
- Lucia di Lammermoor - Metropolitan Opera 1982 · ★ 8.5
- The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni 1978 · ★ 9.0
- Tosca - Metropolitan Opera 1978 · ★ 5.5
- The House of Blue Leaves 1987 · ★ 8.0
- The Grapes of Wrath 1991 · ★ 10.0
- New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville 1976 · ★ 7.0
- Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare 1982 · ★ 7.0
- Ceremonies in Dark Old Men 1975 · ★ 10.0
- The Time of Your Life 1976 · ★ 10.0
- A Touch of the Poet 1974 · ★ 10.0
- La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera 1984 · ★ 9.0
- L'Elisir d'Amore 1981 · ★ 8.0
- Candide 1986 · ★ 10.0
- The Daughter of the Regiment 1974 · ★ 7.0
- Tartuffe 1978 · ★ 7.0
- Ernani 1983 · ★ 10.0
- The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel 1982 · ★ 7.0