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Craig Brewer

Writing

  • Born
  • December 6, 1971
  • Place of birth
  • 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.

As actor 5

Footloose poster
Footloose
2011
Indie Origins poster
Indie Origins
2012
Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose” poster
Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose' poster
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
2012
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars poster
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
2012

On the crew 20

The Shield poster
The Shield
2002
Empire poster
Empire
2015
The Legend of Tarzan poster
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
Song Sung Blue poster
Song Sung Blue
2025
Coming 2 America poster
Coming 2 America
2021
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist poster
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024
Footloose poster
Footloose
2011
Hustle & Flow poster
Hustle & Flow
2005
Black Snake Moan poster
Black Snake Moan
2006
Dolemite Is My Name poster
Dolemite Is My Name
2019
Katy Perry: Part of Me poster
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Indie Origins poster
Indie Origins
2012
Snoop
2027
Water's Edge poster
Water's Edge
2003
Pressure poster
Pressure
2002
American Pride
Yellow River
2020
The Poor & Hungry poster
The Poor & Hungry
2000
The Invaders poster
The Invaders
2015
Resolutions of the Complacent Man
2004