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]
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
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Last Chase | No | Story | Credited as "C.R. O'Christopher" |
| 1983 | Nightmares | No | Yes | Also producer |
| 1985 | The Mean Season | No | Yes | Credited as Leon Piedmont |
| 1988 | Off Limits | Yes | Yes | |
| 1992 | Whispers in the Dark | Yes | Yes | |
| The Last of the Mohicans | No | Yes | ||
| 1996 | Fear | No | Yes |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Baretta | No | Yes | No | No | 3 episodes |
| 1977-1979 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | No | Yes | Yes | No | 32 episodes; Also story editor |
| 1978-1979 | Sword of Justice | No | Yes | Yes | No | 5 episodes |
| 1978-1981 | B. J. and the Bear | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 47 episodes; Also supervising producer |
| 1981-1982 | Darkroom | No | Yes | Yes | No | 14 episodes |
| 1984 | Airwolf | No | Yes | No | No | Episode "Echos From the Past" |
| 1985-1986 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Yes | Yes | Executive | No | Directed episodes "Prisoners" and "The Creeper"; Wrote segment "Bang! You're Dead!"; Also acted as "Surgeon" in episode "Night Fever" |
| 1986 | Miami Vice | Yes | No | No | No | Episode "Shadow in the Dark" |
| 1989-1990 | B.L. Stryker | No | Yes | No | Yes | 12 Episodes |
| 1990 | H.E.L.P. | Yes | No | Executive | Yes | |
| 1993-1994 | The Untouchables | No | Yes | Executive | Yes | 42 Episodes |
| 1995 | The Watcher | No | Yes | Executive | Yes | 11 episodes |
| 1998-2001 | Seven Days | No | Yes | Executive | Yes | 66 Episodes |
| 2001 | Manhunt | No | No | Co-Executive | No | 6 Episodes |
| 2004-2005 | NCIS | No | Yes | Consulting | No | 2 Episodes |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Streets of Justice | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1989 | The Hollywood Detective | No | Yes | Co-executive |
| 1992 | Steel Justice | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2004 | Homeland Security | No | Yes | Yes |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Origin of the Cheap Trick Logo" (PDF). www.scottstarr.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ 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.