---
name: "Zev Braun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zev-braun"
fi1m_id: "zev-braun"
imdb_id: "nm0105881"
tmdb_id: 32157
wikidata_id: "Q8069848"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 October 1928"
died: "17 October 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:10:19.484591+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."
---

# Zev Braun

## Identity

Zev Braun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zev-braun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zev-braun
- **IMDb ID:** nm0105881
- **TMDB ID:** 32157
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8069848
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zev_Braun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8069848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32157

Producer. Born 19 October 1928 in Chicago. Died 17 October 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 October 1928, Chicago
- **Died:** 17 October 2019
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zev_Braun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8069848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32157

## Biography

Zev Braun was an American film and television producer. Born in Chicago in 1928, he studied at the University of Chicago before entering the industry in the early 1960s.

His early feature credits include *Goldstein* (1964), which shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at Cannes, and *The Pedestrian* (1973), which received an Academy Award nomination for best foreign-language film. He produced the horror film *The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane* (1976) and the comedy *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980).

Braun is best known for his work as executive producer on the CBS series *Tour of Duty* (1987–1990). He also produced numerous television films and series, and co-produced the Oscar-nominated documentary *Marlene* (1984). He died in Los Angeles in 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Before You Say 'I Do'* (2009), Co-Executive Producer
- *Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Edges of the Lord* (2001), Producer
- *Lethal Vows* (1999), Executive Producer
- *919 Fifth Avenue* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills* (1994), Producer
- *Split Images* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Bagdad Cafe* (1990), series, Producer
- *Murphy's Law* (1988), series, Producer
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), series, Producer
- *Where are the Children?* (1986), Producer
- *Marlene* (1984), Producer
- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)
- *Freedom Road* (1979), Executive Producer
- *Angela* (1977), Executive Producer
- *The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane* (1976), as Bank client · Producer
- *The Babysitter* (1975), Producer
- *Cry, Onion!* (1975), Producer
- *Gun Moll* (1975), Producer
- *The Pedestrian* (1973), Producer
- *Madron* (1970), Executive Producer
- *Goldstein* (1965), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1985: Best Documentary Feature Film (nominated), for *Marlene*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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