Howard Brookner

Howard Brookner (April 30, 1954 – April 27, 1989) was an American film director. He produced and directed the documentary Burroughs: the Movie about William S. Burroughs (1983), Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars on theatre director Robert Wilson (1986), and directed, co-produced and co-wrote Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  Josef Sommer  •  Madonna  •  Tony Azito  •  Jennifer Grey

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  Josef Sommer  •  Madonna  •  Tony Azito  •  Jennifer Grey

Burroughs: The Movie (1984)

An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  William S. Burroughs  •  Mortimer Burroughs  •  Lucien Carr  •  Jackie Curtis

An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  William S. Burroughs  •  Mortimer Burroughs  •  Lucien Carr  •  Jackie Curtis

Uncle Howard (2017)

When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his narrative debut, Bloodhounds of Broadway. Twenty-five years later, his nephew, Aaron, sets out on a quest to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aaron Brookner
CAST:  Howard Brookner  •  Aaron Brookner  •  John Giorno  •  Jim Jarmusch

When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his narrative debut, Bloodhounds of Broadway. Twenty-five years later, his nephew, Aaron, sets out on a quest to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aaron Brookner
CAST:  Howard Brookner  •  Aaron Brookner  •  John Giorno  •  Jim Jarmusch

Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie (2015)

After two years of filming, director Howard Brookner brought inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III a trunkful of William S. Burroughs footage to see if Fulton could edit his film. The result was a decidedly experimental 23-minute cut. The director was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  William S. Burroughs

After two years of filming, director Howard Brookner brought inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III a trunkful of William S. Burroughs footage to see if Fulton could edit his film. The result was a decidedly experimental 23-minute cut. The director was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  William S. Burroughs

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987)

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Filmmaker Howard Brookner follows the avant-garde theatre director as he confronts a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  Ingrid Andree  •  Gavin Bryars  •  Philip Glass  •  Heiner Müller

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Filmmaker Howard Brookner follows the avant-garde theatre director as he confronts a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Brookner
CAST:  Ingrid Andree  •  Gavin Bryars  •  Philip Glass  •  Heiner Müller