Legendary surf filmmaker Bruce Brown passes away at 80
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 1937, in San Francisco, California, and lived his first nine years in Oakland, before moving with his family to Long Beach. His first cinematographic experience was an 8mm short produced […]
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 1937, in San Francisco, California, and lived his first nine years in Oakland, before moving with his family to Long Beach. His first cinematographic experience was an 8mm short produced in 1955, while aboard a navy submarine stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. Two years later, after getting a 16mm camera from Dale Velzy, Brown returned to Hawaii to film “Slippery When Wet.”
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Legendary surf filmmaker Bruce Brown passes away at 80
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