Bruce Brown
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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DirectingBirthday
December 1, 1937Deathday
December 10, 2017Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
26Place of birth
San Francisco, California, U.S.Cast credits
On Any Sunday
NarratorStep Into Liquid
HimselfBarefoot Adventure
Himself / NarratorSlippery When Wet
NarratorThe Search for Freedom
Self (archive footage)The Endless Summer
NarratorThe Endless Summer 2
NarratorThe Endless Summer Revisited
SelfSpongeBob vs. the Big One
Narrator (voice)Search for Surf
Self - NarratorA Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
SelfBirth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of St.Francis
SelfCrew credits
The Endless Summer
Director, Producer, Author, Director of Photography, EditorThe Endless Summer 2
Director, Writer, EditorOn Any Sunday
Director, ProducerLizard Boy
WriterBarefoot Adventure
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, EditorSlippery When Wet
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, EditorOn Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Executive ProducerSurf Crazy
DirectorWater-Logged
DirectorSurfing Hollow Days
DirectorSurfin' Shorts
DirectorThe Endless Summer Revisited
Executive ProducerSearch for Surf
Director