Zev Braun

Zev Braun (born October 19, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American motion picture producer. Though much of his work is in television (most notably as the executive producer of the Tour of Duty series) he has been a successful filmmaker since the early 1960s and continues to produce films for the big screen. Braun's interest in filmmaking led him fresh from studying Humanities and Classic Arts at the University of Chicago to enter movies while ... More

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