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Bruce Brown

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Also known as Bruce Alan Brown

American filmmaker (1937-2017)

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San Francisco, California, U.S.

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…

Known for

  • Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis — Self2023
  • A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story — Self2020
  • The Search for Freedom — Self (archive footage)2015
  • I Am Steve McQueen — Self2014
  • SpongeBob vs. the Big One — Narrator (voice)2009
  • Step Into Liquid — Himself2003
  • The Endless Summer Revisited — Self2000
  • SpongeBob SquarePants — Narrator (voice)1999
  • The Endless Summer II — Narrator1994
  • On Any Sunday — Narrator (voice)1971

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bruce
Family name
Brown
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
San Francisco
Place of death
Santa Barbara
Occupation
screenwriter
Sport
surfing
Official website
www.brucebrownfilms.com
Image
Bruce Brown (Endless Summer).jpg
Work location
United States
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date of birth
1937-12-01
date of death
2017-12-10
different from
Bruce Brown Jr.
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