Craig Brewer
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.
Crew
Hustle & Flow
Director, Writer
Black Snake Moan
Director, Screenplay
Footloose
Director, Screenplay
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Executive Producer
The Poor & Hungry
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
Pressure
Screenplay
The Legend of Tarzan
Screenplay
American Pride
Producer, Director
The Invaders
Executive Producer
Dolemite Is My Name
Director
Coming 2 America
Director
Water's Edge
Screenplay
Resolutions of the Complacent Man
Director, Screenplay
Song Sung Blue
Director, Writer, Producer
Yellow River
Additional Writing
Untitled Snoop Dogg Biopic
Director, Writer
Indie Origins
Director