Brandon Lee 1990s, he started to work with major Hollywood studios starring in "Showdown in Little Tokyo" (1991) and "Rapid Fire" (1992). In 1992, he landed his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in "The Crow", based on the comic book of the same name which would be his final film. On March 31, 1993, only days away from completing the film, Lee died on the set of "The Crow" after being shot by a faulty prop gun which fired the tip of a dummy round which was accidentally lodged in the chamber. The film was completed by re-writing the script, CGI, and
Thomas Brandon (film distributor) as Audio-Brandon. His work in the 1970s to reclaim and publicize the history of 1930s film activism is an important source for film historians. Brandon's unpublished manuscripts and documents on radical film history are deposited at the New York Museum of Modern Art Film Study Center. Films from his collection were donated to several archives including the Museum of Modern Art and the U.S. Library of Congress, and others. Thomas Brandon (film distributor) Thomas J. Brandon (1908–1982) was a founding member of the New York Workers Film and Photo League. He later worked as a film distributor for Garrison Films