33 Facts About Cameron Crowe

Cameron Bruce Crowe was born on July 13,1957 and is an American journalist, author, writer, producer, director, actor, lyricist, and playwright.

Cameron Crowe has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Grammy Award as well as a nomination for a Tony Award.

Cameron Crowe directed his seminal work, the autobiographical film Almost Famous, who is loosely based on his early career as a teen writer for Rolling Stone.

Cameron Crowe directed the psychological thriller Vanilla Sky, the romantic comedy Elizabethtown, the family-friendly We Bought a Zoo, and the romantic comedy Aloha.

Cameron Crowe has directed the music documentaries, Pearl Jam Twenty, The Union, and produced David Crosby: Remember My Name, and created the Showtime series Roadies.

Cameron Crowe has written two books, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Conversations with Wilder.

Cameron Crowe adapted Almost Famous into a stage musical on Broadway in 2022 for which he received a Tony Award for Best Original Score nomination.

Cameron Crowe's father, James A Crowe, originally from Kentucky, was a real estate agent.

Cameron Crowe was the youngest of three children with two sisters; one died when he was young.

Cameron Crowe commented that Indio was where "people owned tortoises, not dogs".

Cameron Crowe skipped kindergarten and two grades in elementary school, and by the time he attended Catholic high school, he was quite a bit younger than the other students.

Cameron Crowe began writing for the school newspaper and by the age of 13 was contributing music reviews for an underground publication, The San Diego Door.

Cameron Crowe began corresponding with music journalist Lester Bangs, who had left the Door to become editor at the national rock magazine Creem, and soon he was submitting articles to Creem as well as Circus.

Cameron Crowe graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1972 at the age of 15.

Cameron Crowe joined the Rolling Stone staff as a contributing editor and became an associate editor.

Cameron Crowe's first cover story was about the Allman Brothers Band.

Cameron Crowe went on the road with them for three weeks at the age of 16; he interviewed the band and the road crew.

Cameron Crowe wrote predominantly about Yes, and about Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, the Eagles, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Fleetwood Mac, and others.

When Rolling Stone moved its offices from California to New York in 1977, Cameron Crowe decided to stay behind.

Cameron Crowe felt the excitement of his career was beginning to wane.

Cameron Crowe appeared in the 1978 film American Hot Wax, but returned to his writing.

Brooks executive produced Cameron Crowe's first directing effort, 1989's Say Anything.

Cameron Crowe had signed members of Pearl Jam, shortly before their burgeoning, nationwide success, to portray Dillon's fictional band 'Citizen Dick'.

Cameron Crowe appeared in this project, as a rock journalist at a club.

In 2000, Cameron Crowe used his music journalism experience roots to write and direct Almost Famous, about the experiences of a teenage music journalist who goes on the road with an emerging band in the early 1970s.

Cameron Crowe showed his sister, portrayed by Zooey Deschanel, rebelling and leaving home, and in real life, his mother and sister Cindy did not talk for a decade and were still estranged to a degree when he finished the film.

Cameron Crowe followed Almost Famous with the psychological thriller Vanilla Sky in 2001.

In 2005, Cameron Crowe directed the romantic tragicomedy Elizabethtown, starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, which opened to mixed reviews, scoring 45 on Metacritic, the same as his previous effort, Vanilla Sky.

Cameron Crowe collaborated with The Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna on the screenplay.

Cameron Crowe himself received a Best Original Score nomination at the 76th Tony Awards.

In 1997, it was reported that Cameron Crowe was in talks to direct a biopic about Phil Spector, with Tom Cruise in talks to portray him.

Cameron Crowe attempted to make a biopic about Marvin Gaye titled My Name is Marvin.

Cameron Crowe married Nancy Wilson of the rock band Heart in July 1986.