Craig Brewer was born on December 6,1971 and is an American filmmaker.
12 Facts About Craig Brewer
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Craig Brewer is 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 starring Academy Award-nominee Eddie Murphy.
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Craig Brewer was born in Newport News, Virginia, where his father was stationed in the Army, and grew up in Vallejo, California.
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In 2012, Craig Brewer was executive producer of Katy Perry: Part of Me.
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That same year, Craig Brewer premiered a documentary he directed about Indie Memphis and filmmakers called Indie Origins.
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In 2014, Craig Brewer was elected President of Indie Memphis for two years.
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Craig Brewer is the creator of $5 Cover, an MTV drama series about Memphis musicians.
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Craig Brewer returned to directing TV pilots with Boomerang for FOX, starring Felicity Huffman.
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In January 2014, Craig Brewer signed a deal with Paramount Television to executive produce, write and direct two TV drama pilots.
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In late May 2015, one of these shows was revealed to be a television adaptation of the film Urban Cowboy; Craig Brewer wrote the pilot and directed it, but the pilot was not picked up by FOX.
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In June 2018, Craig Brewer began directing a Netflix feature, Dolemite Is My Name.
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In December 2021, Deadline broke the news that Craig Brewer would be reteaming with Footloose actor Dennis Quaid in a biopic on the life of African-American country singer Charley Pride entitled American Pride.