He moved to Los Angeles in 1931 and attended the University of Southern California, competing in collegiate swimming and became the captain of the team.
Realizing his potential, Browne went back to the University of South Carolina in the early 1950s to attend film school.
[2] The debut of his first film took place at John Adams Junior High School in Santa Monica, California to an audience of about 500 people.
As Browne started to gain publicity and profit in the early 1960s, he was able to hire DJs to ship his films to the east coast of the United States and even further out, to parts of Europe and Australia.
Among Browne's accomplishments is the pipeline shot that views a wave as it is crashing over top of the surfer, creating a water tunnel.