Documentary
Unacceptable Levels
Four major awards. Netflix & PBS.
Director
Ed Brown
Visionary.Storyteller.Filmmaker.
Three decades of storytelling across network sports, music videos and award-winning documentary, now turned toward the Mojave.
About Ed
Ed Brown is an award-winning director and producer with a career spanning sports television, music videos, documentaries, and narrative film.
He began as a writer for CBS Sports on The NFL Today and NCAA football and basketball, produced music videos for Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band and Modest Mouse, and created content for Criterion, Bravo TV and MTV before turning to feature documentary.
HIKERTOWN is his most personal story yet.
Career Timeline
CBS Sports
Writer for The NFL Today and NCAA football and basketball.
Sudden Industries
Music videos for Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band and Modest Mouse.
Criterion, Bravo & MTV
Branded and editorial screen content.
Unacceptable Levels
First feature documentary. Four major awards; screened on Netflix and PBS.
Two More Features
A New Resistance, on RoundUp and Monsanto. Advance Warning, on flame retardants.
HIKERTOWN
His first narrative feature. In theaters Q2 2027.
I am drawn to stories that live in the shadows of the world we think we know.
Notable Work
Documentary
A New Resistance
On RoundUp and Monsanto.
Documentary
Advance Warning
On the dangers of flame retardants.
Feature Film
Hikertown
In theaters Q2 2027.
Awards & Recognition
Four Major Awards
Unacceptable Levels
Netflix & PBS
National screenings
30+ Years
In the industry
Three Features
Written & directed
Director's Statement
Hikertown is about more than a place. It is about isolation, secrets, and the darkness that waits for those who wander too far.
This film is my love letter to the PCT, and to the unexplained.
Ed Brown
