Bruce Brown

American filmmaker (1937-2017)

0.23body-of-work score · ranked #1896 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born: December 1, 1937 · San Francisco
Died: December 10, 2017 · Santa Barbara
Nationality: United States
Work: film director, surfer, director, screenwriter
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

Photographer unknown. Distributed by Cinema V. · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

1
Endless SummerThe Endless Summer
1966 · United States · documentary
National Film Registry (inducted 2002)
0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

1959Surf Crazy
1966Endless Summer
1971On Any Sunday
1990Barefoot Adventure
1994The Endless Summer II
1998Streetwise
2004Divided City