[2] In his more than 30-year film career Brown has worked with George Lucas, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg,[3] and others.

His expertise in budgeting and line producing inspired Mel Brooks, his multi-feature boss at the time, to nickname Brown "Mr.

[12][13] Afterward Brown's career took a freelance aspect that allowed him to work on an eclectic list of films with some of the top individuals in the business, including Michael Douglas,[14] Harrison Ford,[15] and Samuel L.

[16] Robert Latham Brown authored the long acclaimed book Planning the Low-Budget Film,[17][18][19] and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts since 1996.

Additionally, Brown is a former contributing writer to Indie Slate Magazine, writing a series of reviews on film production software.