Director
Bruce Brown
December 1, 1937 · 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 surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August around the world. Thirty years later Brown would film The Endless Summer II with his son in 1994.
Notable work
Often works with
Tom Kenny
2 titles together
SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Bill Fagerbakke
2 titles together
SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Rodger Bumpass
2 titles together
SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Clancy Brown
2 titles together
SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Carolyn Lawrence
2 titles together
SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Dee Bradley Baker
2 titles together
SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Full filmography · 12
Lizard Boy
Writer
2011
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
as Narrator (voice)
2009
The Endless Summer II
as Narrator and Director and Writer
19947.5
On Any Sunday
as Narrator (voice) and Director
19716.9
America's Newest Sport
Director
1966
The Endless Summer
as Narrator and Director
19667.2
Surfin' Shorts
Director
1964
Water-Logged
Director
1962
Surfing Hollow Days
Director
1961
Surf Crazy
Director
1959
Slippery When Wet
as Narrator and Director and Writer
1958