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]

The 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]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1981 The Last Chase NoYesNoCredited as C.R. O'Christopher
Also "story by" credit
Co-written with Martyn Burke and A. Roy Moore
1983 Nightmares NoYesYesCo-written with Jeffrey Bloom
1985 The Mean Season NoYesNoCredited as Leon Piedmont
Streets of JusticeYesYesExecutive Television film
1988 Off Limits YesYesNoCo-written with Jack Thibeau
1989The Hollywood DetectiveNoYesCo-executiveTelevision film
1992Steel JusticeYesYesExecutiveTelevision film
Co-written with John Hill
Whispers in the Dark YesYesNo
The Last of the Mohicans NoYesNoCo-written with Michael Mann
1996 Fear NoYesNo
2004 Homeland Security NoYesExecutiveTelevision film

Television

YearTV SeriesCreditNotes
1977 Baretta Writer3 Episodes
1977-1979 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Writer, Producer, Story Editor32 Episodes
1978-1979 Sword of Justice Writer, Producer5 Episodes
1978-1981 B. J. and the Bear Writer, Creator, Producer, Supervising Producer47 Episodes
1981-1982 Darkroom Writer, Producer14 Episodes
1984 Airwolf Writer1 Episode
1985-1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Writer, Director, Actor, Executive Producer23 Episodes
1986 Miami Vice Director1 Episode
1989-1990 B.L. Stryker Creator, Writer12 Episodes
1990 H.E.L.P. Creator, Director, Executive Producer
1993-1994 The Untouchables Creator, Writer, Executive Producer42 Episodes
1995 The Watcher Writer, Creator, Executive Producer11 Episodes
1998-2001 Seven Days Writer, Creator, Producer, Executive Producer66 Episodes
2001 Manhunt Co-Executive Producer6 Episodes
2004-2005 NCIS Writer, Consulting Producer2 Episodes

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