He landed a job with a small production company that had previously worked with REM on a few of their music videos.
When the production company began working with a New York artist who was a good friend of REM's lead vocalist, Brown's work was noticed and the producer offered him an opportunity to help shoot the music video for the band's hit, "The One I Love".
This led to a series of partnerships with MTV as Alton continued to shoot music videos and learned more about the world of television. He was a credit short from graduating when he decided to pursue his passion of food.
Not an unsuccessful choice, seeing as he has now launched and hosted a variety of famous shows on the food net work from "Iron Chef America" to "Good Eats". For those curious about his college degree, Alton did end up earning his bachelors in 2004.
What happened was, UGA informed him that they'd changed their graduation requirements, which then allowed him to "walk across the stage." Brown has since delivered the graduation speech to the 2010 graduating class, touching on the meandering path of his life's work.
