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. Description above from the...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Song Sung Blue
2025
Director, Writer, Producer
Two down-on-their-luck musicians form a Neil Diamond tribute band to follow their dreams and prove that it's never too late to find love.
Coming 2 America
2021
Director
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native name...
Yellow River
2020
Additional Writing
Behind the scenes at the original Fast and Furious afterparty, the mysterious death of Playboy model Felicia Tang haunts 2000s Hollywood. Testimony by...
Dolemite Is My Name
2019
Director
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
Screenplay
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
The Invaders
2015
Executive Producer
The rise and fall of a militant black power group based in Memphis, TN in the late 1960’s, from its creation, to their final negotiations with Martin ...
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Executive Producer
Giving fans unprecedented access to the real life of the music sensation, Katy Perry: Part of Me exposes the hard work, dedication and phenomenal tale...
Footloose
2011
as Kegger Dancer
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the sta...
Footloose
2011
Director, Screenplay
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the sta...
Black Snake Moan
2006
Director, Screenplay
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding...
Hustle & Flow
2005
Director, Writer
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Resolutions of the Complacent Man
2004
Director, Screenplay
Short film by Craig Brewer.
Water's Edge
2003
Screenplay
Robert wanted an escape from the big city. He thought a small town by the water's edge would give him a new start. He couldn't have been more wrong. T...
Pressure
2002
Screenplay
Two med students must struggle to survive after an unusual shooting incident catapults them into a world of trouble...
The Poor & Hungry
2000
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
A Memphis car thief falls in love with one of his victims, an attractive cellist.
American Pride
N/A
Producer, Director
A chronicle of the life Charley Pride, from his start as a Negro League baseball player, to his stint in the army, and his remarkable career as a coun...
Untitled Snoop Dogg Biopic
N/A
Director, Writer
The life story of rapper Snoop Dogg.