Bruce Brown (director) - Wikipedia
WEBBruce Alan Brown (December 1, 1937 – December 10, 2017) was an American documentary film director, known as an early pioneer of the surf film. He was the father of filmmaker Dana Brown. [1]
Bruce Brown Films
WEBPrior to 1964, Hollywood along with the mainstream media viewed surfers as rebellious bums. Filmmaker Bruce Brown changed that with. The all-time classic portrayed the wave as a kind of Holy Grail and surfers as knights on a quest to explore the world in search of the perfect wave.
Bruce Brown — Bruce Brown Films
WEBThe tale of Bruce’s campaign to take The Endless Summer to the American heartland is testament to the filmmaker’s creativity and persistence. In 1966, the film opened in theaters across the country, and Bruce Brown became surfing’s greatest success story.
Legendary surf filmmaker Bruce Brown passes away at 80
WEBDec 11, 2017 · Bruce Brown, the father of the surf movie genre, has passed away in his sleep at the age of 80. Brown was born on December 1, 1937, in San Francisco, California, and lived his first nine years in Oakland before moving with his family to Long Beach.
Bruce Brown, 80, Dies; His ‘Endless Summer’ Documented Surfing
WEBDec 12, 2017 · Mr. Brown had been making surfing films — mainly for his fellow surfers — since the late 1950s. But as he contemplated making “The Endless Summer,” he had a bigger mission: to change the ...
RIP Bruce Brown - Surfer
WEBDec 11, 2017 · It's with a heavy heart that we report that Bruce Brown, the most iconic surf filmmaker of all time who brought "The Endless Summer" to the world, passed away in his sleep yesterday. He was 80 years old.
Remembering Bruce Brown, Director of The Endless Summer
WEBDec 14, 2017 · Brown was a fledgling surf filmmaker when he made The Endless Summer for $50,000. He initially screened the film, in 1964, the same way everybody screened surf films in those days, driving...
Coastalwatch.com - Dana Brown on His Dad Bruce, and ... - Bruce Brown …
WEBSep 7, 2020 · When Bruce Brown passed in 2017, surfing lost a legend—and at the same time, another paragon of the surf film industry lost a father. Bruce’s oldest son Dana has become an esteemed filmmaker in his own right, with globally recognised titles such as The Endless Summer II, Step Into Liquid, and Highwater. Read more…
Bruce Brown, surf film pioneer – obituary - The Telegraph
WEBDec 27, 2017 · Bruce Brown, who has died aged 80, was a filmmaker whose 1966 classic The Endless Summer changed the image of surfers from the buffoonish beach bums of 1950s Hollywood party movies to bronzed...
Remembering Bruce Brown, Whose 'Endless Summer' Documentary ... - NPR
WEBDec 16, 2017 · With his 1966 documentary The Endless Summer, surfer-filmmaker Bruce Brown created one of the most iconic expressions of the joy of surfing. Brown died this week at the age of 80.
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