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Brown Jim
Jim Brown is a writer and broadcaster with more than 20 years of experience in journalism. He was the publisher and editor of the Prince Edward Island-based IslandSide Magazine from 1988 to 1993. And his written work, both as a reporter and columnist, has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers across Canada.
Since 1993, Brown has worked in a number of capacities in radio and TV. His extensive radio experience includes guest host on CBC Radio's national programs The Current, As It Happens, This Morning and The House. He's also hosted daily current-affairs radio programs in St. John's and Calgary, where he currently hosts The Eye Opener.
His work as a journalist and editor has been recognized by the Atlantic Journalism Awards, the Nova Scotia Press Gallery Awards and the Island Literary Awards.
Radiant City, winner of the 2007 Genie for "Best Documentary," marked Brown's debut as a filmmaker, and his first collaboration as co-writer/director with Gary Burns. The film, produced by Burns Film Ltd in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, explores suburban sprawl through the experience of one family negotiating the complexities of contemporary North American suburbia. Radiant City won "Special Jury Prize" at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival named it one of Canada's Top-10 films of the year. Radiant City was selected as one of Canada's "Best Features" by the Toronto Film Critic's Association in 2007.
Brown's new feature The Future is Now! is his second collaboration with co-writer/director Gary Burns, and is produced by Burns Film Ltd. in co-production with the NFB.
