To Be Frank
2025•11m•Released
Documentary
Frank Paine, is a 73-year-old South Bay icon and humble local legend whose life orbits around a two-block stretch of beach. His unforgettable mustache and magnetic spirit are what most first notice, but Frank’s layers expose a depth that might answer some questions that surfers continually ask themselves. Surfing, which, for some, becomes lost in isolation, is made whole again with Frank.
Director
Anna Wilder Burns
Cast
Frank Paine
Self
Production
Producer
Morgan Sliff
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