Dana Brown (born December 11, 1959, in

Dana Point, California Dana Point () is a city located in southern Orange County, California, United States. The population was 33,107 at the 2020 census. It has one of the few harbors along the Orange County coast; with ready access via State Route 1, it is a popu ...

) is an American surfer and

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, 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 ''The Endless Summer'' is a 1966 American surf movie, surf documentary film directed, produced, edited and narrated by Bruce Brown (director), Bruce Brown. The film follows surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August on a surfing trip around the wor ...

'' (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 ''Step into Liquid'' (2003) is a documentary about surfing directed by Dana Brown, son of famed surfer and filmmaker Bruce Brown. The film includes surfing footage from the famous Pipeline, the beaches of Vietnam, and some of the world's largest ...

'' (2003) followed by a

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on the

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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

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. In 2014, the movie ''On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter'' continues the saga of motocross documentaries which began with the 1972

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nominated film '' On Any Sunday'' (1971). Dust 2 Glory 2018.

References

Chicago International Documentary Festival page
for '' Dust to Glory''

External links

* 1959 births Living people People from Dana Point, California American documentary filmmakers American surfers {{US-surfing-bio-stub