Bruce Brown Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown

Directing

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

On Any Sunday movie poster
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On Any Sunday

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On Any Sunday
Narrator (voice)
Step Into Liquid movie poster
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Step Into Liquid

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Step Into Liquid
Himself
SpongeBob vs. the Big One movie poster
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SpongeBob vs. the Big One

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SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Narrator (voice)
Search for Surf movie poster
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Search for Surf

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Search for Surf
Self - Narrator
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story movie poster
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A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story

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A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
Self
Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis movie poster
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Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis

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Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis
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The Endless Summer II movie poster
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The Endless Summer II

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The Endless Summer II
Narrator
Barefoot Adventure movie poster
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Barefoot Adventure

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Barefoot Adventure
Himself / Narrator
Slippery When Wet movie poster
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Slippery When Wet

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Slippery When Wet
Narrator
The Endless Summer Revisited movie poster
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The Endless Summer Revisited

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The Endless Summer Revisited
Self

Production

The Endless Summer movie poster
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The Endless Summer

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The Endless Summer
Director
The Endless Summer movie poster
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The Endless Summer

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The Endless Summer
Producer
The Endless Summer movie poster
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The Endless Summer

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The Endless Summer
Author
The Endless Summer II movie poster
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The Endless Summer II

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The Endless Summer II
Director
On Any Sunday movie poster
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On Any Sunday

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On Any Sunday
Director
Lizard Boy movie poster
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Lizard Boy

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Lizard Boy
Writer
Barefoot Adventure movie poster
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Barefoot Adventure

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Barefoot Adventure
Director
Barefoot Adventure movie poster
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Barefoot Adventure

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Barefoot Adventure
Writer
Barefoot Adventure movie poster
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Barefoot Adventure

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Barefoot Adventure
Director of Photography
Barefoot Adventure movie poster
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Barefoot Adventure

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Barefoot Adventure
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Gallery

Bruce Brown portrait
Bruce Brown portrait
Bruce Brown portrait