- Born
- A native of Racine, Wisconsin. Christopher Crowe has spent many years in the entertainment business as a successful writer, producer, and director for both film and television.
Crowe's first two films was the 1981 science-fiction movie "The Last Chase", followed by the 1983 horror anthology "Nightmares", then the 1985 thriller "The Mean Season", starring Kurt Russell. He made his directorial debut with the 1988 action-thriller "Off Limits" starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines, then followed up with the 1992 erotic-thriller "Whispers in the Dark" starring Alan Alda, Annabella Sciorra, and Jill Clayburgh.
He had worked on the 1992 historical-drama "The Last of the Mohicans" starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe. He also worked on the screenplays for the 1996 thriller "Fear", starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon and the 1999 crime-thriller "The Bone Collector" starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.
For television, Crowe had written for several television shows such as, Baretta, "Sword of Justice", "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries", "B.J. and the Bear", "Airwolf", and "Darkroom. He was creator and executive producer of two UPN shows, 1995's "The Watcher", and 1998's "Seven Days". He was also executive producer for the 1985 revival of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", and 1993's "The Untouchables".
- IMDb mini biography by: F.J. Trescothik
- SpouseCristina Raines(July 26, 1986 - present) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenKatherine Elizabeth Crowe
- He created the famous Cheap Trick logo (bands name being repeated 6 times) while working at his father's graphic arts company.
- Brother of Zachary Crowe.
- He had written an early draft of the screenplay for The General's Daughter (1999).
- According to the 1989 Television Writers Guide, Crowe was listed as a writer on High Midnight (1979).
- In May 1997, Variety Magazine reported that Crowe was doing a production polish of "New York Dive" a script written by W. Peter Iliff, for Fox 2000, with Rob Cohen slated as director, and Adam Fields as producer.
- [on writing The Last Chase (1981)]: I started thinking about the energy crisis and how it could really change the kind of life we know. Auto racing would be one of the first things to go. The energy crisis could stop this wonderful sport I'm involved in. A world without racing, horrible.
- When you write a screenplay it can take six months, and there's a real drudgery to it. But this (Nightmares (1983)) was a ball.
- As a director you have the ability to kind of feed off of the many ideas and energies of others.
- I've always been a fan of the cop thriller genre, but the problem with it is that it's been done absolutely to death, and the urban landscape has been explored endlessly.
- I wanted to do Off Limits (1988) for a long time before Platoon (1986) came out, my whole generation wants to do movies about the Vietnam experience. But before Platoon, the studios didn't want to know. Platoon opened the door.
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