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Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown

ActorProducerWriterDirectorEditor Dec 1 (died age 80) San Francisco, California, U.S. 1958–2023 (65 year career)
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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 Endl…

Known For

The Endless Summer
Film

The Endless Summer

Narrator
Step Into Liquid
Film

Step Into Liquid

Himself
The Endless Summer II
Film

The Endless Summer II

Narrator
I Am Steve McQueen
Film

I Am Steve McQueen

Self
On Any Sunday
Film

On Any Sunday

Narrator (voice)
The Search for Freedom
Film

The Search for Freedom

Self (archive footage)
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Film

On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter

Executive Producer
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Film

SpongeBob vs. the Big One

Narrator (voice)

Filmography