
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.

Live 8
2005 · as Self

Disorderlies
1987 · as Himself

Love & Mercy
2015 · as Self (Archive Footage)

Live Aid
1985 · as Self

The Beach Boys
2024 · as Self

The Wrecking Crew
2008 · as Self - The Beach Boys Co-Founder

Tales of the Rat Fink
2006 · as The Surfite (voice)

The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
2022 · as Self (archive footage)

The T.A.M.I. Show
1964 · as Self - The Beach Boys

Beach Blanket Bingo
1965 · as Beach Boy

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002 · as Self

The Return of Bruno
1987 · as Brian Wilson

The Monkey's Uncle
1965 · as Self - The Beach Boys

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006 · as Self (Archival footage)

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
2021 · as Self

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002 · as Self - Performer

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023 · as Self (archive footage)

Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2010 · as Self - The Beach Boys