---
name: "William H. Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-h-brown"
fi1m_id: "william-h-brown"
imdb_id: "nm0113115"
tmdb_id: 5386
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:12:30.143691+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# William H. Brown

## Identity

William H. Brown

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-h-brown
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-h-brown
- **IMDb ID:** nm0113115
- **TMDB ID:** 5386
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113115/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5386

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1981–2004
- **Also known as:** Bill Brown
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 2 producing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (2), 2000s 68 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113115/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5386

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

William H. Brown is a writer and producer who has worked in film and television. He began in production roles on feature films including *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), *She's Having a Baby* (1988), *Uncle Buck* (1989), *Garden State* (2004) and *Sahara* (2005).

Brown has contributed as a writer and producer on several television series. His credits on *One Tree Hill* (2003) include writing ten episodes and serving as supervising producer, consulting producer and co-executive producer. He has also written episodes of *90210* (2008), *Switched at Birth* (2011) and *Light as a Feather* (2018), and held producing positions on *A Million Little Things*.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *Garden State* (2004), Fi1m 71, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Fi1m 81, Post Production Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Das Boot* (1981), Fi1m 89, Post Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Light as a Feather* (2018), series, Writer
- *The Nine Lives of Chloe King* (2011), series, Writer
- *Switched at Birth* (2011), series, Writer
- *90210* (2008), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer
- *Sahara* (2005), Co-Producer
- *Garden State* (2004), Co-Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Whatever It Takes* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Lake Placid* (1999), Post Production Supervisor
- *Urban Legend* (1998), Post Production Supervisor
- *Nixon* (1995), Post Production Supervisor
- *JFK* (1991), Post Production Supervisor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)
- *Uncle Buck* (1989), Associate Producer, Second Unit Director
- *She's Having a Baby* (1988), Second Unit Director, Associate Producer
- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Post Production Coordinator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)
- *Das Boot* (1981), Post Production Supervisor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)
- *Savage Intruder* (1970), Production Manager

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