Pioneer surf film maker Bud Browne passed away last Friday at a residential care facility in San Luis Obispo according to officials at the Wheeler-Smith Mortuary. Browne was 96 years old.
Born in 1912 in Massachusetts, Browne eventually moved to Southern California to attend USC where he competed on the swim team, becoming its captain. Browne’s aquatic skills would later prove invaluable as a filmmaker.
According to Matt Warshaw’s Encyclopedia of Surfing, Browne’s film making career spanned 20 years (1953-1973) and included Cat on a Hot Foam Board (‘59), Locked In (’64) and Goin’ Surfing (’73). Browne’s strong athleticism and powerful swimming ability allowed him to shoot from the water, an angle that was, at the time, revolutionary to surf films. Browne made his own camera housings, capturing images of big Hawaiian surf that made his surf films unique.
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