Network/People/Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Quick Facts
Credits37 titles
Person

Brian Wilson

Actor · Director

Brian Wilson is an Emmy-winning filmmaker who got his start in the ‘90s, editing for Lifetime Television’s INTIMATE PORTRAITS. The 2019 feature documentary he co-wrote and co-edited, THE STORY OF PLASTIC, addressing the global plastic crisis, aired on Discovery and received numerous honors, including the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Writing. Brian also co-directed and co-edited 2014 feature documentary A WILL FOR THE WOODS, the story of a man with terminal lymphoma who is determined to receive a natural burial and help save a tract of North Carolina woods from being clear-cut. It aired nationally on PBS's AMERICA REFRAMED, won multiple festival awards, and continues to be a key document of the conservation burial movement. Brian graduated from Brown University with a degree in Comparative Literature and History.

www.brianwilsonfilm.com

Filmography

37 credits across 2 departments.

YearTitleRoleType
2026Music is God Speaking – Brian WilsonSelfFilm
2024The Beach BoysSelfFilm
2016Brian Wilson - Live at Baloise SessionSelfFilm
2015Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special EventSelfFilm
2014Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982Self (archive footage)Film
2014A Will for the WoodsDirectorFilm
2012The Beach Boys: Doin' It AgainSelfFilm
2012The Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th AnniversarySelfFilm
2010My Lai FourHaeberleFilm
2010Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969Self (archive footage)Film
2009Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old SunSelfFilm
2008The Wrecking CrewSelf - The Beach Boys Co-FounderFilm
2007Cease to ExistSelf (archive footage)Film
2006The Devil and Daniel JohnstonSelf (Archival footage)Film
2006Tales of the Rat FinkThe Surfite (voice)Film
2005Brian Wilson Presents SMiLESelfFilm
2005Live 8SelfFilm
2004The Beach Boys - California SurfinSelf (archive footage)Film
2004Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SmileSelfFilm
2003Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980SelfFilm
2003Brian Wilson Presents: Pet Sounds – Live in LondonSelfFilm
2003The Beach Boys: The Lost ConcertSelf (uncredited)Film
2003Brian Wilson: On TourSelfFilm
2002Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham PalaceSelf - PerformerFilm
2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.SelfFilm
2001An All-Star Tribute To Brian WilsonSelfFilm
2000The Beach Boys: Endless HarmonySelfFilm
1995Theremin: An Electronic OdysseySelf – Founder of The Beach BoysFilm
1995Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These TimesSelfFilm
1992The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. PepperSelfFilm
1987DisorderliesHimselfFilm
1987The Return of BrunoBrian WilsonFilm
1985The Beach Boys: An American BandSelfFilm
1976The Beach Boys: It's OKSelf (The Beach Boys)Film
1965The Monkey's UncleSelf - The Beach BoysFilm
1965The Jack Benny HourSelf (uncredited)Film
1965The Girls on the BeachSelfFilm

Community Curation

This page is community-maintained. Know something we don't?

← All person · Wikidata Q313013