Craig Brewer
Born: 1971-12-06 in Richmond, Virginia, USA
Known For: Writing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Brewer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Song Sung Blue ... (Director)
2024
- Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Coming 2 America ... (Director)
2020
- Yellow River ... (Additional Writing)
2019
- Dolemite Is My Name ... (Director)
2016
- The Legend of Tarzan ... (Screenplay)
2015
- Empire ... (Writer)
- The Invaders ... (Executive Producer)
2012
- Katy Perry: Part of Me ... (Executive Producer)
2011
- Footloose as Kegger Dancer
2006
- Black Snake Moan ... (Director)
2005
- Hustle & Flow ... (Director)
2004
- Resolutions of the Complacent Man ... (Director)
2003
- Water's Edge ... (Screenplay)
2002
- The Shield ... (Director)
- Pressure ... (Screenplay)
2000
- The Poor & Hungry ... (Director)