- Bruce Brown
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name = Bruce Brown
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1937|12|1|mf=y
birth_place =San Francisco, California
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occupation = documentaryfilm director
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children =Dana Brown
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website =Bruce Brown (born
December 1 ,1937 inSan Francisco, California ) is an American documentaryfilm director , known as an early pioneer of thesurf film . He is the father of filmmakerDana Brown .His surfing films were "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 surfersMike Hynson andRobert August around the world. Thirty years later Brown would film "The Endless Summer II " with his son in 1994.He has also made a number of short films including "
The Wet Set ", featuring theHobie-MacGregor Sportswear Surf Team and one of the earliestskateboarding 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 theDVD "Surfin' Shorts ", as part of the "Golden Years of Surf " collection. Brown has gone beyond surfing a few times with theski film, "The Incredible Pair of Skis " (1967), a film aboutmotorcycle 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)Bruce's son, Dana, also makes documentaries. He produced "" (2001) He followed that with a surfing film called "
Step into Liquid ". One of Dana's most recent films is "Dust to Glory " (2005).External links
* [http://www.brucebrownfilms.com Official site]
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* [http://www.montereyvideomedia.com Monterey Media]
* [http://www.freeriding.nl/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=14&MMN_position=9:6 Freeriding.nl film review]
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