Acting
Jun 19, 1942
Inglewood, California, USA
Brian Wilson
Acting
Biography
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.
Feature Films (77)
Celebrities and musicians gather in New York's Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to Beach Boys supremo Brian Wilson. Includes Ricky Martin's version of 'California Girls', Elton John's take on 'God Only Knows', Jimmy Webb, David Crosby and Vince Hill tackling 'Surf's Up', and Mr Wilson himself performing 'Heroes and Villains'. Recorded March 29, 2001.
An All-Star Tribute To Brian Wilson
The renaissance of Brian Wilson continues with MusiCares: A Tribute to Brian Wilson, a 2005 concert featuring timeless tunes by the Beach Boys maestro and his various lyricists, rendered here by a variety of artists, including Wilson himself. The singer-song matches here are uniformly outstanding, as the performances tend to bring out influences that were more latent in the Beach Boys' original versions. --Sam Graham
Musicares Presents a Tribute to Brian Wilson
This documentary chronicles the life of one of America's foremost boys of summer, Brian Wilson, leader of The Beach Boys, who found fame in the 1960s with cheerful songs and falsetto vocals of teenage West Coast life.
Brian Wilson: A Beach Boy's Tale
Documentary about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of social unrest and generation gaps.
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians from across the globe - asked people not for their money, but for their voice.
Live 8
Concert video of the Beach Boys recorded at Knebworth, England. In what would become their final U.K. performance with the original lineup, the Beach Boys perform their biggest hits.
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live concert in Cleveland, Ohio. The superstar, who went on to form the popular rock group Wings and had several hit records as a solo artist, performs a track list that covers all three phases of his long and prolific career, including the hits "Eleanor Rigby," "Live And Let Die," "Blackbird," "The Long And Winding Road," and "Mother Nature's Son." In addition to the 30 tunes that McCartney enthusiastically performs, seemingly immune to the ravages of time and aging, BACK IN THE U.S.A LIVE also includes candid behind-the-scenes footage of the rocker backstage and on the road.
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Well known performers accompanied by 12,000 selected members of the public on the lawn of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
With historical performances and classic recordings reassessed by a panel of esteemed experts, this documentary film provides a fantastic insight into this often overlooked part of Brian's career.
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982
A documentary film in which the rich tapestry of music written and produced by this brilliant 20th century composer is investigated and reviewed.
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
Television & Series (21)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police.
Hack
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
The Kennedy Center Honors
After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.
Full House
An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.
