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Craig Brewer
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn December 6, 1971 (54 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (TV Series) |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Terriers (TV Series) |
| 2009 | $5 Cover (TV Series) |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2002 | The Shield (TV Series) |
| 2000 |