▁Fish er ▁Brown . ▁ ▁Brown ▁was ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁of ▁Stan ford ▁University ▁and ▁the ▁Columbia ▁University ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Journal ism . ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁He ▁began ▁his ▁professional ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁journalist , ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁mag az ines ▁including ▁The ▁Saturday ▁Even ing ▁Post , ▁Har per ' s ▁and ▁Col lier ' s , ▁before ▁becoming ▁an ▁editor ▁himself . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁man aging ▁editor ▁of ▁Cos m opol itan ▁before ▁his ▁wife , ▁Helen ▁G ur ley ▁Brown , ▁joined ▁the ▁magazine . ▁ ▁Production ▁career ▁ ▁Film ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁the ▁producer ▁Dar ry l ▁F . ▁Z an uck ▁h ired ▁Brown ▁to ▁head ▁the ▁story ▁department ▁at ▁Z an uck ' s ▁studio , ▁ 2 0 th ▁Century - F ox . ▁Brown ▁eventually ▁rose ▁to ▁become ▁executive ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁cre ative ▁operations . ▁He ▁and ▁Richard ▁D . ▁Z an uck , ▁Dar ry l ' s ▁son , ▁left ▁Fox ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁for ▁Warner ▁B ros ., ▁but ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁they ▁set ▁out ▁to ▁form ▁their ▁own ▁production ▁company . ▁ ▁The ▁cap er ▁film ▁The ▁St ing ▁( 1 9 7 3 ) ▁st arring ▁Paul ▁New man ▁and ▁Robert ▁Red ford ▁was ▁a ▁Z an uck / B rown ▁" presentation ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁company ▁produced , ▁along ▁with ▁Universal ▁Pictures , ▁The ▁Sug ar land ▁Express , ▁Steven ▁Spiel