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Craig Brewer

Craig Brewer

Highest Rated: 97% Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Lowest Rated: 35% The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Birthday: Dec 6, 1971

Birthplace: Virginia, USA

Despite only a handful of films under his belt, writer-director Craig Brewer had developed a reputation for being a master Southern storyteller, working in the grand tradition of authors Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner, as well as playwright Tennessee Williams, to whom he was routinely compared. Brewer's touch was distinctly modern, however, and with his breakout feature, "Hustle & Flow" (2005), he wowed both critics and audiences with his ability to paint empathetic portraits of typically unappealing characters, while linking past and present generations of the South.

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Craig Brewer

Craig Brewer Craig Brewer HUSTLE & FLOW, director Craig Brewer on set, 2005, (c) Paramount HUSTLE & FLOW, director Craig Brewer on set, 2005, (c) Paramount BLACK SNAKE MOAN, director Craig Brewer, Justin Timberlake (far right), on set, 2007. ©Paramount Classics BLACK SNAKE MOAN, writer/director Craig Brewer, on set, 2007, ©Paramount Classics HUSTLE & FLOW, director Craig Brewer, producers Stephanie Allain and John Singleton on set, 2005, (c) Paramount HUSTLE & FLOW, director Craig Brewer, producers Stephanie Allain and John Singleton on set, 2005, (c) Paramount HUSTLE & FLOW, director Craig Brewer on set, 2005, (c) Paramount BLACK SNAKE MOAN, director Craig Brewer (left), on set, 2007. ©Paramount Classics View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
49% 38% Coming 2 America Director - 2021
97% 91% Dolemite Is My Name Director - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The One You Never Forget Producer - 2019
35% 58% The Legend of Tarzan Screenwriter $126.6M 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invaders Executive Producer - 2015
75% 72% Katy Perry: Part of Me Executive Producer $25.3M 2012
68% 61% Footloose Director,
Screenwriter 		$51.8M 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Savage County Executive Producer - 2010
66% 69% Black Snake Moan Director,
Writer 		$9.4M 2007
82% 82% Hustle & Flow Director,
Writer 		$22.2M 2005
No Score Yet 13% Water's Edge Screenwriter - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pressure Writer - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Poor and Hungry Director,
Producer,
Writer 		- 2000

TV

Credit
95% 94% Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Executive Producer,
Director 		2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet $5 Cover Director 2009
90% 96% The Shield Director 2008