Bruce Brown
Known for
Directing
Born
December 1, 1937
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died
December 10, 2017 (aged 80)
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 includi...
Best known work
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
The Endless Summer
1966
Step Into Liquid
2003
I Am Steve McQueen
2014
On Any Sunday
1971
The Endless Summer II
1994
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Search for Freedom
2015
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
2014
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
2009Filmography
2023
2020
2015
The Search for Freedomas Self (archive footage)
2014
On Any Sunday: The Next ChapterExecutive Producer
2014
I Am Steve McQueenas Self
2011
Lizard BoyWriter
2009
SpongeBob vs. the Big Oneas Narrator (voice)
2003
Step Into Liquidas Himself
2000
The Endless Summer Revisitedas Self, Executive Producer
1999
1994
The Endless Summer IIas Narrator, Director, Writer, Editor
1971
On Any Sundayas Narrator (voice), Director, Producer
1968
1966
America's Newest SportDirector
1966
The Endless Summeras Narrator, Director, Producer, Author, Director of Photography, Editor
1964
Surfin' ShortsDirector
1962
Water-LoggedDirector
1961
Surfing Hollow DaysDirector
1961
Search for Surfas Self - Narrator, Director
1960
Barefoot Adventureas Himself / Narrator, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
1959
Surf CrazyDirector
1958
Slippery When Wetas Narrator, Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor