Zev Braun was an American motion picture producer.
15 Facts About Zev Braun
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In 1984, Zev Braun again teamed up with director Schell to co-produce Marlene, which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature along with winning the New York Film Critics Award, The National Society of Film Critics Award and the National Board of Review Award.
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In 1991, Zev Braun executive produced A Seduction in Travis County, a two-hour movie for CBS, starring Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote and Jean Smart.
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In 1994, Zev Braun executive produced the critically praised four-hour mini-series Menendez: A Killing In Beverly Hills for CBS starring Edward James Olmos and Beverly D'Angelo.
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Zev Braun then produced Edges of the Lord, a feature film shot in Poland and starring Haley Joel Osment and Willem Dafoe, distributed by Miramax Films.
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Zev Braun executive produced the CBS 2005 May Sweeps entry, Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution starring Janel Moloney and Terry Kinney.
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Zev Braun won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Movie for Television for the highly rated film he produced for Lifetime Television, A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story, directed by Agnieszka Holland starring Mercedes Ruehl.
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Zev Braun served on the Board of Trustees for The American Foundation for AIDS Research, and the board of directors for The Heart Touch Project.
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Zev Braun was a founding member of the board of directors for GIRF of the University of Chicago hospital and served as the chairman of the board for the International Kidney Institute at UCLA.
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Zev Braun served as a member of the board of directors for the Sabin Vaccine Institute.
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Zev Braun was awarded the City of Hope's Golden Key for his work in connection with this organization.
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Zev Braun was the father of the former Rice University Men's Basketball head coach Ben Braun.
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Zev Braun married his first wife, Joan, and they lived in Glencoe, Illinois.
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Zev Braun lived in Los Angeles and was the CEO of Zev Braun Entertainment Group based in Culver City.
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Zev Braun died on October 17,2019, two days before his 91st birthday.