Biography
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.
Wrote 9
2020s
- 2025
2010s
- 2016
- 2015
- 2011
2000s
- 2006
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
Pressure
Screenplay
- 2000
The Poor & Hungry
Screenplay
Directed 11
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
- 2015
- 2012
Indie Origins
Director
- 2011
2000s
- 2006
- 2005
- 2002
- 2000
The Poor & Hungry
Director
Produced 5
2010s
- 2015
The Invaders
Executive Producer
- 2012
2000s
- 2000
The Poor & Hungry
Producer
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2011
Camera 1
2000s
- 2000
The Poor & Hungry
Director of Photography
Edited 1
2000s
- 2000
The Poor & Hungry
Editor
Appearances4
2010s
- 2012
Indie Origins
Self
Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
Self
Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
Self
No release date
Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”
Self