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.
Hustle & Flow
(Director)
Black Snake Moan
(Screenplay)
Black Snake Moan
(Director)
Footloose
(Director)
Footloose
(Screenplay)
Katy Perry: Part of Me
(Executive Producer)
The Poor & Hungry
(Director)
Pressure
(Screenplay)
The Legend of Tarzan
(Screenplay)
American Pride
(Director)
American Pride
(Producer)
Hustle & Flow
(Writer)
The Invaders
(Executive Producer)
Dolemite Is My Name
(Director)
Coming 2 America
(Director)
Water's Edge
(Screenplay)
The Poor & Hungry
(Screenplay)
The Poor & Hungry
(Producer)
The Poor & Hungry
(Director of Photography)
The Poor & Hungry
(Editor)
Resolutions of the Complacent Man
(Director)
Resolutions of the Complacent Man
(Screenplay)
Song Sung Blue
(Director)
Song Sung Blue
(Writer)
Song Sung Blue
(Producer)
Yellow River
(Additional Writing)
Untitled Snoop Dogg Biopic
(Director)
Untitled Snoop Dogg Biopic
(Writer)
The Shield
(Director)
Empire
(Writer)
Empire
(Director)
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
(Executive Producer)
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
(Director)