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Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown

Actor, Director, Editor

Born December 1, 1937 in San Francisco, California, U.S.

Died December 10, 2017

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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 would film The Endless Summer II with his son in 1994.

He also made a number of short films including The Wet Set, featuring the Hobie-MacGregor Sportswear Surf Team and one of the earliest skateboarding films, America's Newest Sport, presenting the Hobie Super Surfer Skateboard Team. These short films along with some unused footage from The Endless Summer were included in the DVD Surfin' Shorts, as part of the Golden Years of Surf collection. Brown has gone beyond surfing a few times with the ski film, The Incredible Pair of Skis (1967), a film about motorcycle sport, On Any Sunday (1971) which is held in high regard as one of the best motorcycle documentaries of all time, and a documentary about extreme sports, The Edge (1975), On Any Sunday II (1981) Baja 1000 Classic (1991), and On Any Sunday, revisited (2000) He made a guest appearance in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode SpongeBob vs. The Big One.

Brown was a 2009 inductee into the Surfers' Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach, California.

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ON ANY SUNDAY Movie Trailer Bruce Brown 1971

Filmography

Actor

26

Type

Year

Birth of the Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis Poster

Birth of the Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis Feature Film2023Self

A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story Poster

A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story Documentary2020Self

TCM Remembers 2017 Poster

TCM Remembers 2017 TV Special2017Self

The Search for Freedom Poster

The Search for Freedom Documentary2015Self

I Am Steve McQueen Poster

I Am Steve McQueen Documentary2014Self

Shaped Documentary2009Self

The Sandals: Summers, Songs and Sidebars Documentary2009Self

Step Into Liquid Poster

Step Into Liquid Documentary2003Self

The Endless Summer Revisited Poster

The Endless Summer Revisited Documentary2000Self

SpongeBob SquarePants Poster

SpongeBob SquarePants TV Series1999Narrator

The Endless Summer 2 Poster

The Endless Summer 2 Documentary1994Narrator

Legends of Malibu Poster

Legends of Malibu Short Film1986Self

Jack Paar Tonite Poster

Jack Paar Tonite TV Series1973Self

On Any Sunday Poster

On Any Sunday Documentary1971Narrator

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969Self

Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship TV Series1965Self - Host

The Endless Summer Poster

The Endless Summer Documentary1965Narrator

Surfin' Shorts Poster

Surfin' Shorts Documentary1964Narrator

The Jack Paar Program Poster

The Jack Paar Program TV Series1962Self

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show Poster

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show TV Series1962Self

Water-Logged Poster

Water-Logged Documentary1962Narrator

Surfing Hollow Days Poster

Surfing Hollow Days Documentary1961Narrator

Barefoot Adventure Poster

Barefoot Adventure Documentary1960Self

Surf Crazy Poster

Surf Crazy Documentary1959Narrator

Slippery When Wet Poster

Slippery When Wet Documentary1958Narrator

Director

12

The Endless Summer 2 Poster

The Endless Summer 2 Documentary1994

The Edge Documentary1975

On Any Sunday Poster

On Any Sunday Documentary1971

The Incredible Pair of Skis Documentary1967

America's Newest Sport Poster

America's Newest Sport Documentary1966

The Endless Summer Poster

The Endless Summer Documentary1965

Surfin' Shorts Poster

Surfin' Shorts Documentary1964

Water-Logged Poster

Water-Logged Documentary1962

Surfing Hollow Days Poster

Surfing Hollow Days Documentary1961

Barefoot Adventure Poster

Barefoot Adventure Documentary1960

Surf Crazy Poster

Surf Crazy Documentary1959

Slippery When Wet Poster

Slippery When Wet Documentary1958

Editor

9

Type

Year

The Endless Summer 2 Poster

The Endless Summer 2 Documentary1994

Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship TV Series1965

The Endless Summer Poster

The Endless Summer Documentary1965

Surfin' Shorts Poster

Surfin' Shorts Documentary1964

Water-Logged Poster

Water-Logged Documentary1962

Surfing Hollow Days Poster

Surfing Hollow Days Documentary1961

Barefoot Adventure Poster

Barefoot Adventure Documentary1960

Surf Crazy Poster

Surf Crazy Documentary1959

Slippery When Wet Poster

Slippery When Wet Documentary1958

Cinematographer

8

America's Newest Sport Poster

America's Newest Sport Documentary1966

The Endless Summer Poster

The Endless Summer Documentary1965

Surfin' Shorts Poster

Surfin' Shorts Documentary1964

Water-Logged Poster

Water-Logged Documentary1962

Surfing Hollow Days Poster

Surfing Hollow Days Documentary1961

Barefoot Adventure Poster

Barefoot Adventure Documentary1960

Surf Crazy Poster

Surf Crazy Documentary1959

Slippery When Wet Poster

Slippery When Wet Documentary1958

Writer

8

The Endless Summer 2 Poster

The Endless Summer 2 Documentary1994

The Endless Summer Poster

The Endless Summer Documentary1965

Surfin' Shorts Poster

Surfin' Shorts Documentary1964

Water-Logged Poster

Water-Logged Documentary1962

Surfing Hollow Days Poster

Surfing Hollow Days Documentary1961

Barefoot Adventure Poster

Barefoot Adventure Documentary1960

Surf Crazy Poster

Surf Crazy Documentary1959

Slippery When Wet Poster

Slippery When Wet Documentary1958

Producer

6

Type

Year

On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter Poster

On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter Documentary2014

Step Into Liquid Poster

Step Into Liquid Documentary2003

The Endless Summer Revisited Poster

The Endless Summer Revisited Documentary2000

On Any Sunday Poster

On Any Sunday Documentary1971

Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship TV Series1965

The Endless Summer Poster

The Endless Summer Documentary1965

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2

Type

Year

Beyond the Bolex Poster

Beyond the Bolex Documentary2017

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Poster

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations TV Series2005

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