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Bruce Brown
Actor, Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born December 1, 1937Died December 10, 2017 (80 years)
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.
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.
Bruce Brown Filmography
| 2014 | On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter · as Featuring |
| 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1994 | The Endless Summer 2 · as Narrator |
| 1971 | On Any Sunday · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1966 | The Endless Summer · as Narrator |
| 1962 | Water-Logged · as Narrator |
| 1961 | Surfing Hollow Days · as Narrator |
| 1959 | Surf Crazy · as Narrator |
| 1958 | Slippery When Wet · as Narrator |
| 2014 | On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Step Into Liquid · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | The Endless Summer Revisited · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1959 |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story · as Self |
| 2015 | The Search for Freedom · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | I Am Steve McQueen · as Self |
| 2003 | Step Into Liquid · as Himself |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | The Endless Summer Revisited · as Self |
| 1986 | The Legends of Malibu · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Barefoot Adventure · as Himself / Narrator |
| 2011 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 |
| 1971 | On Any Sunday · as Cinematographer |
| 1971 | On Any Sunday · as Written By |
| 1966 | The Endless Summer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | The Endless Summer · as Author |
| 1962 | Water-Logged · as Cinematographer |
| 1961 | Surfing Hollow Days · as Cinematographer |
| 1960 | Barefoot Adventure · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Surf Crazy · as Cinematographer |
| 1958 | Slippery When Wet · as Director Of Photography |