Cameron Crowe
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Born 1957-07-13
Palm Springs, California, USA
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Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American screenwriter and film director.
Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes. Crowe has made his mark with character-driven, personal films that have been generally hailed as refreshingly original and devoid of cynicism. Michael Walker in The New York Times called Crowe "something of a cinematic spokesman for the post-baby boom generation" because his first few films focused on that specific age group, first as highers and then as young adults making their way in the world.
Crowe's debut screenwriting effort, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, grew out of a book he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California, where he met Geraldine Edwards, who was a student there, and who he later based his Penny Lane character on in Almost Famous, when he discovered she was going backstage to rock and roll concerts. Later, he wrote and directed one more high school saga, Say Anything, and then Singles, a story of Seattle twentysomethings that was woven together by a soundtrack centering on that city's burgeoning grunge music scene.
Crowe landed his biggest hit, though, with Jerry Maguire. After this, he was given a green light to go ahead with a pet project, the autobiographical effort Almost Famous. Centering on a teenage music journalist on tour with an up-and-coming band, it gave insight to his life as a 15-year-old writer for Rolling Stone. Crowe has stated that the Penny Lane character was based on his fellow San Diegan, Geraldine Edwards, who he met in 1975, as mentioned earlier. Part of the dialogue is also inspired by comments that were made by Bebe Buell in certain interviews. Also, in late 1999, Crowe released his second book, Conversations with Billy Wilder, a question and answer session with the legendary director.
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Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
CBS News Sunday Morning
Heretic
Minority Report
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Almost Famous
Vanilla Sky
Jerry Maguire
The Fighter
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
We Bought a Zoo
Say Anything...
Aloha
Roadies
Elizabethtown
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Singles
Welcome to Hollywood
Fast Times
The Other Side of the Wind
The Wild Life
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Thlípsi
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Only in Theaters
Hitting It Hard
David Crosby: Remember My Name
The Union
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
The Beatles Revolution
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Pearl Jam Twenty
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Heartbreakers Beach Party
Elton John - Elton in Four Decades
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
Pearl Jam: The Fans Are Alright
Pearl Jam: The Kids Are Twenty
Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory
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