Christopher Crowe (screenwriter)

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Christopher Crowe (born August 1, 1948) is an American screenwriter, film producer, and film director. [1] [2]

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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]

Crowe had his identity stolen by Christian Gerhartsreiter, the man who also claimed to be a descendant of the Rockefeller family, in the early 1990s; Gerhartsreiter claimed he had been the producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents at one point and had legally changed his name to Christopher C. Crowe. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
1981 The Last Chase NoStoryCredited as "C.R. O'Christopher"
1983 Nightmares NoYesAlso producer
1985 The Mean Season NoYesCredited as Leon Piedmont
1988 Off Limits YesYes
1992 Whispers in the Dark YesYes
The Last of the Mohicans NoYes
1996 Fear NoYes

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerCreatorNotes
1977 Baretta NoYesNoNo3 episodes
1977-1979 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries NoYesYesNo32 episodes;
Also story editor
1978-1979 Sword of Justice NoYesYesNo5 episodes
1978-1981 B. J. and the Bear NoYesYesYes47 episodes;
Also supervising producer
1981-1982 Darkroom NoYesYesNo14 episodes
1984 Airwolf NoYesNoNoEpisode "Echos From the Past"
1985-1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents YesYesExecutiveNoDirected episodes "Prisoners" and "The Creeper";
Wrote segment "Bang! You're Dead!";
Also acted as "Surgeon" in episode "Night Fever"
1986 Miami Vice YesNoNoNoEpisode "Shadow in the Dark"
1989-1990 B.L. Stryker NoYesNoYes12 Episodes
1990 H.E.L.P. YesNoExecutiveYes
1993-1994 The Untouchables NoYesExecutiveYes42 Episodes
1995 The Watcher NoYesExecutiveYes11 episodes
1998-2001 Seven Days NoYesExecutiveYes66 Episodes
2001 Manhunt NoNoCo-ExecutiveNo6 Episodes
2004-2005 NCIS NoYesConsultingNo2 Episodes

TV movies

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer
1985Streets of JusticeYesYesYes
1989The Hollywood DetectiveNoYesCo-executive
1992Steel JusticeYesYesYes
2004 Homeland Security NoYesYes

References

  1. ↑ Jerry Roberts (5 June 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 107. ISBN   978-0-8108-6378-1.
  2. ↑ "Christopher Crowe Bio". www.vidiot.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ↑ "The Origin of the Cheap Trick Logo" (PDF). www.scottstarr.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. 1 2 Pearl, Matthew (December 27, 2017). "Behind The Untouchables: The Making of the Memoir That Reclaimed a Prohibition-Era Legend". Vanity Fair.
  5. 1 2 Neal Koch, "Sex, Violence And Comedy: Inside the Audition", The San Francisco Examiner (August 30, 1992), Datebook p. 32.
  6. ↑ Sokol, Tony (March 5, 2018). "Remake of 1996's Fear on the way..." Den of Geek.
  7. ↑ "Noyce set to helm 'Bone'". www.variety.com. March 17, 1998. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  8. ↑ "Collector' acquires Jolie". www.variety.com. June 4, 1998. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ↑ "Rooker inks for 'Bone'". www.variety.com. September 15, 1998. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ↑ "Sony nabs o'seas right to U's 'Bone'". www.variety.com. February 15, 1999. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  11. ↑ "Christopher Crowe Filmography". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  12. ↑ 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 .
  13. ↑ Rosenberg, Howard (March 3, 1990). "TV Reviews: 'H.E.L.P.': There's Life in the Rescue Genre Yet". Los Angeles Times .
  14. ↑ Burke, Michael (May 23, 1993). "Horlick alum Christopher Crowe writes place in Hollywood history". Racine Journal Times.
  15. ↑ "Starlog Magazine Issue 99". archive.org. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  16. ↑ Seal, Mark (3 December 2008). "The Man in the Rockefeller Suit". Vanity Fair .
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