Bruce Brown

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Bruce Brown (born December 1, 1937 in San Francisco , California - † December 10, 2017 north of Santa Barbara , California) was an American documentary filmmaker. He was considered a pioneer of surf films .

In 2009 he was inducted into the Huntington Beach Surfer Hall of Fame .

His son Dana Brown , born in 1959, works as a director and screenwriter .

Filmography

Director:

  • 1958: Slippery When Wet
  • 1959: Surf Crazy
  • 1960: Surfing shorts
  • 1960: Barefoot Adventure
  • 1961: Surfing Hollow Days
  • 1962: Water-Logged
  • 1966: The Endless Summer
  • 1967: The Incredible Pair of Skis
  • 1971: Hell Bucks on Hot Fires (On Any Sunday)
  • 1975: The Edge
  • 1994: The Endless Summer 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. “Surf film pioneer Bruce Brown is dead” , Spiegel Online , December 12, 2017
  2. "BRUCE BROWN ENTERS SURFERS 'HALL OF FAME" , surfer.com, July 22, 2010