# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:17:45.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-brown"
name: "Bruce Brown"
slug: "bruce-brown"
description: "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."
tagline: "American filmmaker (1937-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Brown_(Endless_Summer).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-12-01"
deathDate: "2017-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.393993333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113164/"
    handle:    "nm0113164"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brucebrownfilms.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2286902"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بروس براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بروس براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Brown_(Dokumentarfilmer)"
    title: "Bruce Brown (Dokumentarfilmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Brown_(director)"
    title: "Bruce Brown (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Brown"
    title: "Bruce Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Brown"
    title: "Bruce Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Brown"
    title: "Bruce Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86_(%DA%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%B9%D8%B1)"
    title: "بروس براؤن (ڈائریکٹر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86"
    title: "Bruce Brown"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump