American screenwriter and film director
Christopher Crowe (born August 1, 1948) is an American screenwriter , film producer , and film director .[ 1] [ 2]
Crowe was born in Racine, Wisconsin , and graduated from William Horlick High School in 1967. In the mid-1970s, he was working for an East Coast magazine, but returned home to Racine. While working at his father's graphic arts company, he created the logo for the band Cheap Trick .[ 3]
He has written the screenplays for The Last of the Mohicans ,[ 4] [ 5] Nightmares , The Mean Season , Fear ,[ 6] and The Bone Collector [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] He also wrote and directed Off Limits and Whispers in the Dark .[ 5] [ 11]
He created the television shows Seven Days , The Watcher , The Untouchables ,[ 4] [ 12] H.E.L.P. ,[ 13] B.L. Stryker , and B. J. and the Bear . He was also executive producer of the 1985 TV revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents .[ 14] [ 15]
A German-born imposter whose real name is Christian Gerhartsreiter had at some point in the 1990s renamed himself "Christopher C. Crowe" and claimed, that he was a producer of the 1980s revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents , effectively stealing the real Crowe's identity.[ 16]
^ Jerry Roberts (5 June 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors . Scarecrow Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8108-6378-1 .
^ "Christopher Crowe Bio" . www.vidiot.com . Retrieved 2022-07-05 .
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^ a b Pearl, Matthew (December 27, 2017). "Behind The Untouchables: The Making of the Memoir That Reclaimed a Prohibition-Era Legend" . Vanity Fair .
^ a b Neal Koch, "Sex, Violence And Comedy: Inside the Audition", The San Francisco Examiner (August 30, 1992), Datebook p. 32.
^ Sokol, Tony (March 5, 2018). "Remake of 1996's Fear on the way..." Den of Geek .
^ "Noyce set to helm 'Bone' " . www.variety.com . March 17, 1998. Retrieved 2022-07-05 .
^ "Collector' acquires Jolie" . www.variety.com . June 4, 1998. Retrieved 2023-02-26 .
^ "Rooker inks for 'Bone' " . www.variety.com . September 15, 1998. Retrieved 2023-02-26 .
^ "Sony nabs o'seas right to U's 'Bone' " . www.variety.com . February 15, 1999. Retrieved 2022-06-27 .
^ "Christopher Crowe Filmography" . Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2022 .
^ Braxton, Greg (July 31, 1993). " 'Honest' : Television: Despite Monday's summit and threats to regulate the amount of mayhem on the airwaves, many crime- and action-oriented series executives have no plans to alter their shows" . Los Angeles Times .
^ Rosenberg, Howard (March 3, 1990). "TV Reviews: 'H.E.L.P.': There's Life in the Rescue Genre Yet" . Los Angeles Times .
^ Burke, Michael (May 23, 1993). "Horlick alum Christopher Crowe writes place in Hollywood history" . Racine Journal Times .
^ "Starlog Magazine Issue 99" . archive.org . Retrieved July 4, 2022 .
^ "The Man in the Rockefeller Suit" . Vanity Fair . 3 December 2008.