About
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.
Filmography
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter2014 · Executive Producer
Lizard Boy2011 · Writer
The Endless Summer Revisited2000 · Executive Producer
The Endless Summer II1994 · Director, Writer, Editor
On Any Sunday1971 · Director, Producer
America's Newest Sport1966 · Director
The Endless Summer1966 · Director, Producer, Author, Director of Photography, Editor
Surfin' Shorts1964 · Director
Water-Logged1962 · Director
Surfing Hollow Days1961 · Director
Search for Surf1961 · Director
Barefoot Adventure1960 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Surf Crazy1959 · Director
Slippery When Wet1958 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor