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Dana Brown (b. 1959)

Birthplace:
Dana Point, California, USA

Born:
December 11, 1959

Biography from TheMovieDB

Dana Brown (born December 11, 1959, in Dana Point, California) is an American surfer and filmmaker and is the oldest son of filmmaker Bruce Brown. His films include The Endless Summer Revisited (2000), which is made up of unused footage from The Endless Summer (1964) and The Endless Summer II (1994), as well as some original interviews with the stars of those films. His first all-original film was Step Into Liquid (2003) followed by a documentary on the Baja 1000 titled Dust to Glory (2005). In 2009, he debuted a new film called Highwater during the 100th anniversary of the Santa Monica Pier; the film follows life on the North Shore and the surfers who compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. In 2014, the movie On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter continues the saga of motocross documentaries which began with the 1972 Academy Award for Documentary Feature nominated film On Any Sunday (1971).

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Film Production

Associate Producer:
1994  The Endless Summer 2

Director:
1994  The Endless Summer 2
2000  On Any Sunday: Revisited
2000  The Endless Summer Revisited
2001  On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More
2003  Step Into Liquid
2005  Dust to Glory
2014  On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
2017  Dust 2 Glory
2020  A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story

Editor:
1994  The Endless Summer 2
2000  On Any Sunday: Revisited
2000  The Endless Summer Revisited
2001  On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More
2003  Step Into Liquid
2005  Dust to Glory
2014  On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
2017  Dust 2 Glory
2020  A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story

Producer:
1994  The Endless Summer 2
2000  On Any Sunday: Revisited
2000  The Endless Summer Revisited
2001  On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More
2003  Step Into Liquid
2005  Dust to Glory
2014  On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
2017  Dust 2 Glory
2020  A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
2021  All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)
????  Harvest Moon

Writer:
1994  The Endless Summer 2
1996  Wingnut's Search for Soul
2000  On Any Sunday: Revisited
2000  The Endless Summer Revisited
2001  On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More
2003  Step Into Liquid
2005  Dust to Glory
2014  On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
2017  Dust 2 Glory
2020  A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
2021  All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)
????  Harvest Moon

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