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Craig Brewer

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.

On screen

  • Indie Origins
  • Dancing with the 'Footloose' Stars
  • Everybody Cut: The Stars of 'Footloose'
  • Footloose
  • Jump Back: Re-Imagining “Footloose”

Behind the camera

  • Song Sung Blue
  • Coming 2 America
  • Dolemite Is My Name
  • The Legend of Tarzan
  • Indie Origins
  • Footloose
  • Black Snake Moan
  • Hustle & Flow
  • Water's Edge
  • Pressure
  • The Poor & Hungry

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