Howard Brookner

Howard Brookner's Death

Born (Birthday) April 30, 1954

Death Date April 27, 1989

Age of Death 34 years

Cause of Death HIV/AIDS

Place of Death New York, New York, United States

Profession Screenwriter

The screenwriter Howard Brookner died at the age of 34. Here is all you want to know and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

American film director and screenwriter who wrote the famous screenplays Burroughs: the Movie and 1989’s Bloodhounds of Broadway.

He attended Columbia University as an undergrad and NYU for grad school.

His grad school thesis was a documentary on William S. Burroughs that made him famous.

How did Howard Brookner die?

Howard Brookner, a director whose documentary about the writer William Burroughs won critical acclaim at film festivals around the world, died of AIDS Thursday at his home in Manhattan.