Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown
Person

Bruce Brown

Director 1937-12-01 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 a nationwide theatrical release in 1966. Considered among the most influential in the genre, The Endless Summer follows s...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999 · Narrator (voice)

The Endless Summer

The Endless Summer

1966 · Narrator

Step Into Liquid

Step Into Liquid

2003 · Himself

I Am Steve McQueen

I Am Steve McQueen

2014 · Self

On Any Sunday

On Any Sunday

1971 · Narrator (voice)

The Endless Summer II

The Endless Summer II

1994 · Narrator

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Search for Freedom

The Search for Freedom

2015 · Self (archive footage)

SpongeBob vs. the Big One

SpongeBob vs. the Big One

2009 · Narrator (voice)

The Endless Summer Revisited

The Endless Summer Revisited

2000 · Self

Slippery When Wet

Slippery When Wet

1958 · Narrator

Barefoot Adventure

Barefoot Adventure

1960 · Himself / Narrator

Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis

Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis

2023 · Self

A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story

A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story

2020 · Self

Search for Surf

Search for Surf

1961 · Self - Narrator