Craig Brewer
- Writing
- December 6, 1971 · Richmond, Virginia, USA
Biography
Craig Houston Brewer (born December 6, 1971) is an American filmmaker. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". He is also known for directing the 2011 remake of Footloose, the 2019 film Dolemite Is My Name and the 2021 film Coming 2 America, the latter two films starring Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy.
Known for
Filmography
- Snoop · Director, Writer
- Song Sung Blue · Director, Writer
- Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist · Executive producer, Director
- Coming 2 America · Director
- Yellow River · Additional Writing
- Dolemite Is My Name · Director
- The Legend of Tarzan · Screenplay
- The Invaders · Executive producer
- Empire · Writer, Director
- Indie Origins · Self, Director
- Katy Perry: Part of Me · Executive producer
- Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars · Self
- Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose' · Self
- Footloose · Kegger Dancer, Director
- Black Snake Moan · Director, Writer
- Hustle & Flow · Director, Writer
- Resolutions of the Complacent Man · Director, Screenplay
- Water's Edge · Screenplay
- The Shield · Director
- Pressure · Screenplay
- The Poor & Hungry · Director, Cinematography
- Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose” · Self
- American Pride · Producer, Director