Bruce Brown
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 December 1937
Died10 December 2017 (age 80)
Place of birthSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Known credits22
Biography
Bruce Brown (born December 1, 1937 - December 10, 2017) was an American documentary film director, known as an early pioneer of the surf film. He is the father of filmmaker Dana Brown. His surfing films are Slippery When Wet (1958), Surf Crazy (1959), Barefoot Adventure (1960), Surfing Hollow Days (1961), Waterlogged (1962), and his most well known film, The Endless Summer (1964) which received a nationwide theatrical release in 1966. Considered among the most influential in the genre, The Endless Summer follows surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August around the world. Thirty years later Brown …
Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis
2023 · Self
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
2020 · Self
The Search for Freedom
2015 · Self (archive footage)
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
2014 · Executive Producer
I Am Steve McQueen
2014 · Self
Lizard Boy
2011 · Writer
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
2009 · Narrator (voice)
Step Into Liquid
2003 · Himself
The Endless Summer Revisited
2000 · Self
The Endless Summer Revisited
2000 · Executive Producer
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 · Narrator (voice)
The Endless Summer II
1994 · Narrator
The Endless Summer II
1994 · Director
The Endless Summer II
1994 · Writer
The Endless Summer II
1994 · Editor
On Any Sunday
1971 · Narrator (voice)
On Any Sunday
1971 · Director
On Any Sunday
1971 · Producer
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
America's Newest Sport
1966 · Director
The Endless Summer
1966 · Narrator
The Endless Summer
1966 · Director
The Endless Summer
1966 · Producer
The Endless Summer
1966 · Author
The Endless Summer
1966 · Director of Photography
The Endless Summer
1966 · Editor
Surfin' Shorts
1964 · Director
Water-Logged
1962 · Director
Surfing Hollow Days
1961 · Director
Search for Surf
1961 · Self - Narrator
Search for Surf
1961 · Director
Barefoot Adventure
1960 · Himself / Narrator
Barefoot Adventure
1960 · Editor
Barefoot Adventure
1960 · Director of Photography
Barefoot Adventure
1960 · Writer
Barefoot Adventure
1960 · Director
Surf Crazy
1959 · Director
Slippery When Wet
1958 · Narrator
Slippery When Wet
1958 · Writer
Slippery When Wet
1958 · Director of Photography
Slippery When Wet
1958 · Director
Slippery When Wet
1958 · Editor
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