Craig Brewer
Birthplace: Virginia; Virginia Beach
Born: 1971-12-06
Occupations recorded in source
director; film director; film producer; screenwriter
Biography from Wikipedia
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.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Wikipedia · revision 1378512410
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Films in Cinema Hound
Directing
- Song Sung Blue (2025)
- Coming 2 America (2021)
- Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
- Footloose (2011)
- Black Snake Moan (2006)
- Hustle & Flow (2005)
- The Poor and Hungry (2000)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Claude Phillips · 2 films
- Eddie Murphy · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.