Writing
Craig Brewer
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.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
5
Acting credits
14
Directing
11
Writing
7
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.2The Shield
2002 · tv · Director
- 2
★ 7.4Song Sung Blue
2025 · movie · Director
- 3
★ 7.2Hustle & Flow
2005 · movie · Director
- 4
★ 7.1Empire
2015 · tv · Writer
- 5
★ 7.1Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012 · movie · Executive Producer
- 6
★ 7.0Dolemite Is My Name
2019 · movie · Director
- 7
★ 6.8Black Snake Moan
2006 · movie · Director
- 8
★ 6.6Footloose
2011 · movie · as Kegger Dancer
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
