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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1937-12-01
- event Death Date 2017-12-10
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place San Francisco, California, U.S.
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Bruce Brown
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On Any Sunday
1971-07-28
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Step Into Liquid
2003-08-05
7.2
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
2009-04-17
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Search for Surf
1961-01-01
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A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
2020-08-19
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Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of St.Francis
2023-08-11
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The Endless Summer II
1994-06-03
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Barefoot Adventure
1960-06-30
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Slippery When Wet
1958-01-01
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The Endless Summer Revisited
2000-08-08
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The Endless Summer
1966-06-15
7.1
The Search for Freedom
2015-08-06
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06
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The Endless Summer
1966-06-15
6.7
The Endless Summer
1966-06-15
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The Endless Summer
1966-06-15
6.7
The Endless Summer II
1994-06-03
6.7
On Any Sunday
1971-07-28
6.7
Lizard Boy
2011-08-16
6.7
Barefoot Adventure
1960-06-30
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Barefoot Adventure
1960-06-30
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Barefoot Adventure
1960-06-30
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Barefoot Adventure
1960-06-30
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Slippery When Wet
1958-01-01
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Slippery When Wet
1958-01-01
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Slippery When Wet
1958-01-01
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Slippery When Wet
1958-01-01
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The Endless Summer
1966-06-15
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The Endless Summer
1966-06-15
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The Endless Summer II
1994-06-03
6.7
The Endless Summer II
1994-06-03
6.7
The Endless Summer Revisited
2000-08-08
6.7
On Any Sunday
1971-07-28
6.7
Search for Surf
1961-01-01
6.7
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
2014-11-06
6.7
Surf Crazy
1959-12-31
6.7
Water-Logged
1962-03-26
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Surfing Hollow Days
1961-12-31
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Surfin' Shorts
1964-01-01
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America's Newest Sport
1966-12-31