From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader.
Wilson was considered a major innovator in the field of music production, the principal originator of the California Sound, one of the first music producer auteurs, and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument. The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or co-producers. He was a major influence on the retrospectively-termed "sunshine pop" and Flower Power music that proceeded.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Beach Boys
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Release Date:21/05/2024
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Release Date:30/07/2023
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
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Release Date:09/04/2023
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
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Release Date:08/07/2022
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
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Release Date:19/11/2021
Streetlight Harmonies
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Release Date:31/03/2020
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Character:Self - The Beach Boys (archive footage)
Release Date:16/11/2019
The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
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Release Date:07/04/2017
Brian Wilson at la Baloise Session
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Release Date:31/10/2016
The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971
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Release Date:13/05/2016
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
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Release Date:26/11/2015
Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
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Release Date:11/10/2015
Love & Mercy
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Release Date:29/05/2015
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982
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Release Date:01/01/2014
The Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th Anniversary
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Release Date:19/11/2012
The Beach Boys: Doin' It Again
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Release Date:28/08/2012
…Sings Musicals
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Release Date:15/01/2012
Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
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Release Date:02/01/2012
Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
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Release Date:19/11/2010
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
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Release Date:01/11/2010
Going Home
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Release Date:27/01/2009
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
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Release Date:26/01/2009
The Wrecking Crew
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Release Date:11/03/2008
Beach Boys: Surfin' Success
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Release Date:01/01/2008
Mellodrama
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Release Date:01/01/2008
Cease to Exist
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Release Date:14/06/2007
Musicares Presents a Tribute to Brian Wilson
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Release Date:06/02/2007
The Swinging 60's - The Beach Boys
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Release Date:01/01/2007
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
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Release Date:31/03/2006
Tales of the Rat Fink
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Release Date:01/01/2006
Live 8
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Release Date:07/11/2005
Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
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Release Date:12/06/2005
The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice
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Release Date:09/01/2005
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
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Release Date:05/10/2004
The Beach Boys - California Surfin
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Release Date:01/01/2004
Brian Wilson: Presents - Pet Sounds Live in London
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Release Date:28/10/2003
Pet Stories
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Release Date:20/10/2003
The Beach Boys: The Lost Concert
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Release Date:20/04/2003
Brian Wilson: On Tour
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Release Date:17/03/2003
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
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Release Date:01/01/2003
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
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Release Date:26/11/2002
Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys
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Release Date:12/07/2002
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
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Release Date:03/06/2002
An All-Star Tribute To Brian Wilson
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Release Date:05/11/2001
The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
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Release Date:14/03/2000
Brian Wilson: A Beach Boy's Tale
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Release Date:20/06/1999
Brian Wilson’s Imagination
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Release Date:24/08/1998
The Beach Boys and The Satan
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Release Date:17/10/1997
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds
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Release Date:23/11/1996
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Character:Self – Founder of The Beach Boys
Release Date:24/08/1995
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
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Release Date:31/05/1995
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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Release Date:14/06/1992
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
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Release Date:01/10/1991
Disorderlies
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Release Date:14/08/1987
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
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Release Date:13/03/1987
The Return of Bruno
Character:Brian Wilson
Release Date:07/02/1987
The Beach Boys: An American Band
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Release Date:22/11/1985
Live Aid
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Release Date:13/07/1985
The Beach Boys 20th Anniversary Special
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Release Date:01/01/1981
The Beach Boys: A Celebration Concert
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Release Date:04/07/1980
The Beach Boys - Live at Knebworth
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Release Date:02/01/1980
Goin' Platinum Presents The Beach Boys
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Release Date:01/01/1980
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
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Release Date:25/07/1979
The Beach Boys: It's OK
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Release Date:05/08/1976
The Beach Boys: It's OK
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Release Date:05/08/1976
The Beach Boys: Live In Paris, 1969
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Release Date:16/06/1969
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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Release Date:25/04/1967
The Jack Benny Hour
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Release Date:03/11/1965
The Monkey's Uncle
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Release Date:18/08/1965
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Character:Beach Boy
Release Date:14/07/1965
The Girls on the Beach
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Release Date:12/05/1965
Beach Blanket Bingo
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Release Date:14/04/1965
The T.A.M.I. Show
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Release Date:14/11/1964
One Man's Challenge
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Release Date:01/01/1962
Television Appearances
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Legends
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Duck Dodgers
Character:Brian Wilson (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Hack
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Behind the Music
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Classic Albums
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Full House
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Goldene Kamera
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Champs-Elysées
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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Saturday Night Live
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The Dick Cavett Show
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Omnibus
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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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