Jamie Budge holds his 16mm camera like a Tommy gun

Title

Jamie Budge holds his 16mm camera like a Tommy gun

Description

Surf filmmaker Jamie Budge wears a suit and holds his 16mm Bolex camera in a pose reminiscent of a Prohibition-era gangster holding a Tommy gun. This was a publicity photo for the unaired pilot of Budge's TV show "Wide World of Surfing." His films include "The Living Curl" (1965) and "The Californians" (1967, 2010). Greg MacGillivray previously used this camera to film "Cool Wave of Color" (1964).

Date

1971

Source

Digital only

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Citation

“Jamie Budge holds his 16mm camera like a Tommy gun,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/2506.