Gerry Lopez

Gerry Lopez

Born: November 7, 1948
in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Gerry Lopez (born November 7, 1948), aka Mr. Pipeline, is an American surfer, shaper, journalist, and film actor.

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The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez
Title: The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez
Character: Self
Released: March 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Known as Mr. Pipeline for his calm demeanor in the tube, Gerry Lopez built his career with aggressive surfing that left behind a trail of blood and tears. He is one of the most influential surfers and surfboard shapers of all time, an entrepreneur, a family man, a movie star, and a lifelong yogi who brought surfing to new frontiers. For the first time, the story of this enigmatic hero is being told in full.
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Broken Molds
Title: Broken Molds
Character: Surfing Icon
Released: August 20, 2021
Type: Movie
The origins of windsurfing and the future of water sports.
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RE-MOTE: The Lost Reels
Title: RE-MOTE: The Lost Reels
Released: August 17, 2021
Type: Movie
In the process of remastering Albert Falzon's 1972 classic film, Morning of the Earth, 90 minutes of never-before-seen 16mm camera original outtakes were unexpectedly unearthed. Because of the wealth of this material, a 38-minute film was produced. Getting back to where it all began, this artistic showcase of the “Lost Reels” paints a more complete picture of the filmmaker's journey, and reveals culturally, environmentally and socially significant details of a forgotten past. The film covers Australia, Bali and Hawaii, and is accompanied by an all original soundtrack.
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A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
Title: A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 2020
Type: Movie
Follow the summer season around the world with two surfers on a quest for the perfect wave. As it turned out, Bruce was on to something. Not only did the film become a hit, it earned a cult following, became the most successful surf film of all time and arguably made him the founding father of action sports films. Directed by second generation, award winning and documentarian filmmaker Dana Brown his projects have included such titles as Endless Summer 2, Step Into Liquid, Dust to Glory, Highwater, On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter and Dust 2 Glory. A Life of Endless Summers is the story of a man, a father, a husband, a filmmaker, a pioneer, a legend.
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The Longest Wave
Title: The Longest Wave
Character: Self
Released: November 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger travels the globe with legendary windsurfer and pioneering waterman Robby Naish, a 24-time world champion whose quest to master the world's longest waves unexpectedly reveals his vulnerabilities as a competitor, mentor and father. THE LONGEST WAVE transcends the action sports genre by capturing obstacles outside of the legendary athlete's professional life in an intimate, cinéma-vérité style, revealing Naish balancing the pursuit of excellence at sea with the demands of life's complications on land.
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Addicted to Joy
Title: Addicted to Joy
Released: September 25, 2019
Type: Movie
This is a love story about a way of life that dates back to 12th Century Polynesia. The film honors all surfers and shapers that have dedicated their lives to being joyful and respectful of the ocean and the natural world because there just was no other way. Theirs was, and still is, an attitude that is universal, that transcends politics and greed, and expresses the ALOHA in their hearts.
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Surfing Your Dreams
Title: Surfing Your Dreams
Released: January 28, 2013
Type: Movie
Two best friends, Javier and Lucio, decide to take a trip to the best surf beaches in Mexico.
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Bustin' Down the Door
Title: Bustin' Down the Door
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 25, 2008
Type: Movie
During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution. Surfing was never to be the same again.
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Water Man
Title: Water Man
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2008
Type: Movie
'Water Man' takes you on an intimate boat trip with some of the most influential surfers of our time as they bodysurf, paddle surf, hydrofoil, stand up surf and tow surf in the Indian Ocean.
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Chasing the Lotus
Title: Chasing the Lotus
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
For forty years, underground film-makers Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills documented surf discovery as it migrated around the world. Their shots captured on celluloid became the images for such films as Stylemasters, The Forgotten Island of Santosha, Big Wednesday, Pacific Vibrations, Uluwatu and many more. This documentary is a cinematic journey inspired by many of the reels that were lost in the making of these films. Since that time, these reels have resurfaced and are now brought to light. A fusion of rare super 8mm film, photo stills and contemporary interviews blend together to make Chasing the Lotus the most in-depth look at the evolution of the surf culture and surf discovery ever made.
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Riding Giants
Title: Riding Giants
Character: Gerry Lopez
Released: July 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
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A Brokedown Melody
Title: A Brokedown Melody
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
A Brokedown Melody explores the times, travels and experiences of a tribe of surfers who search for the spark of life and look to pass it on to the younger generation. The film follows swell through South America, Polynesia and Jamaica documenting the surfing and times of Kelly Slater, Jack Johnson, Gerry Lopez, Rob Machado and the Malloys.
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Step Into Liquid
Title: Step Into Liquid
Character: Himself
Released: August 5, 2003
Type: Movie
No special effects. No stuntmen. No stereotypes. No other feeling comes close. Surfers and secret spots from around the world are profiled in this documentary.
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Moments: Every Picture Tells a Story
Title: Moments: Every Picture Tells a Story
Released: February 1, 2002
Type: Movie
A documentary that looks back on Donald Takayama's half-century as a master of the surfing world, Hawaiian Pro Designs, owner shaper, interviews with legendary surfers around the world, surf scenes, and footage from the 50's, 60's and 70's.
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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Title: Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Character: Self
Released: May 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Nearly all the cast and crew are on hand to give stories and memories about the making of the film. Plenty of detail on every aspect of the film from pre-production to opening night is covered.
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Title: Gaia Symphony
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 1992
Type: TV
Gaia Symphony is a television series directed by Jin Tatsumura. The series revolves around the Gaia hypothesis. The series has eight episodes. Each episode examines a small number of extraordinary people who somehow relate to the central theme. Some of the people examined are famous people. For example, Jane Goodall and Reinhold Messner. Created originally in the Japanese language, there are English versions available.
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Miss America: Behind the Crown
Title: Miss America: Behind the Crown
Character: Mark
Released: September 21, 1992
Type: Movie
Carolyn Sapp, Miss America 1992 (and a non-actress), plays herself in this drama based on her personal story of abuse and betrayal at the hands of the man she loved, Nu'u Fa'aola, a Samoan pro-football player for the New York Jets.
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Farewell to the King
Title: Farewell to the King
Character: Gwai
Released: March 3, 1989
Type: Movie
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
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North Shore
Title: North Shore
Character: Vince
Released: August 14, 1987
Type: Movie
On a small stretch of coastline as powerful as a man's will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves. He found a woman who would show him how to survive, and a challenge unlike any other.
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Conan the Barbarian
Title: Conan the Barbarian
Character: Subotai
Released: April 2, 1982
Type: Movie
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.
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Big Wednesday
Title: Big Wednesday
Character: Gerry Lopez
Released: May 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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A Matter of Style
Title: A Matter of Style
Released: May 1, 1976
Type: Movie
An epic tale of the last of the long lost soul masters, charging it with the grace and style that made them legends. Rubberman Larry Bertlemann is at his peak. Nineteen year old Shaun Tomson controlling Off the Wall, Backdoor, and radical backside at Pipe, and monster New Zealand in the swell of 1974. Terry Fitzgerald sets V-Land on fire. Gerry Lopez and Rory Russel are annointed King and Prince of Pipeline, while the Aussies, bronzed and otherwise, dare assault their rule. Plus classic Malibu, Trestles, Baja, Blacks, and Honalua.
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Tubular Swells
Title: Tubular Swells
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Presenting the cream of the hottest surfing of the era with a fresh and imaginative approach. The best of Australia, Hawaii and secret spots in Bali and Indonesia.
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A Winter's Tale
Title: A Winter's Tale
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: Movie
The first truly international surf movie in years. Beautifully photographed by surfers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Hawaii, compares the surfing styles of 50 of the world's top surfers in 90 minutes of pure surfing energy.
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Tales From The Tube
Title: Tales From The Tube
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A Spectacular Surf Odyssey
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A Sea for Yourself
Title: A Sea for Yourself
Released: June 29, 1973
Type: Movie
A stunningly photographed celebration of the beauty and joy of surfing. Many of the world's best surfers of the 1970's take on the best waves of California, France, Peru, and Hawaii.
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Five Summer Stories
Title: Five Summer Stories
Character: Self
Released: March 24, 1972
Type: Movie
The culmination of a ten year celebration in celluloid, Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman give us five-plus exciting, controversial and beautiful stories about surfing. A perspective that warns of the future while it warms the present.
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O Rei de Pipeline
Title: O Rei de Pipeline
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie