Bruce Alan Brown was an American documentary film director, known as an early pioneer of the surf film. He was the father of filmmaker Dana Brown.
Brown in the mid-1960s during the making of The Endless Summer
Brown was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach, California.
Surf movies fall into three distinct genres:The surfing documentary — targeting the surfing enthusiast.
The 1960's beach party films — targeting the broader community.
Fictional feature films with a focus on the reality of surfing.
Gidget (1959)