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Craig Laurence Rice

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Visual Effects
  • Director
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Craig Laurence Rice
Craig Laurence Rice is known for Purple Rain (1984), Blues for the Blues (2023) and Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain (1984)
    Purple Rain
    6.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1984
    Blues for the Blues (2023)
    Blues for the Blues
    Short
    • Director
    • 2023
    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Director(as Craig Rice)
    • 2000
    Almost You (1984)
    Almost You
    5.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1984

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Tim Allen in Joe Somebody (2001)
      Joe Somebody
      5.6
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 2001
    • Herman U.S.A. (2001)
      Herman U.S.A.
      6.2
      • second unit director
      • 2001
    • Once Upon A Tree (1997)
      Once Upon A Tree
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 1997–1999
    • Funkytown (1998)
      Funkytown
      7.7
      • second unit director
      • 1998
    • Prince in Graffiti Bridge (1990)
      Graffiti Bridge
      4.7
      • second unit director
      • 1990
    • Almost You (1984)
      Almost You
      5.0
      • assistant director
      • 1984
    • Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain (1984)
      Purple Rain
      6.5
      • 2nd assistant director
      • 1984
    • Joe Morton in The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
      The Brother from Another Planet
      6.8
      • assistant director
      • 1984
    • Art Pepper: Notes from a Jazz Survivor (1982)
      Art Pepper: Notes from a Jazz Survivor
      7.1
      • 2nd Assistant director
      • 1982
    • Ernie Hudson, Mr. T, Leon Isaac Kennedy, and Eugenia Wright in Penitentiary II (1982)
      Penitentiary II
      4.5
      • 2nd Assistant director
      • second assistant director (as Craig Rice)
      • 1982

    Visual Effects

    • Once Upon A Tree (1997)
      Once Upon A Tree
      TV Series
      • technical director
      • 1997–1999

    Director

    • Blues for the Blues (2023)
      Blues for the Blues
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Killing Love by greg grease
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Odyssey by Mychael Gabriel
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2015
    • good morning by Lia Renee for sour touch
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2013
    • DJ Spooky
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Fly again by Sounds of blackness
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • BPM - Pilot
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Million Dollar Idea
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • It's All About the Music
      • co-director
      • 2004
    • Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
      Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • directed by (as Craig Rice)
      • 2000
    • Ingrid Chavez: Heaven Must Be Near
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Soul Holiday by Sounds of blackness
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1992
    • T.C. Ellis: Miss Thang
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Prince: Thieves in the Temple
      5.4
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1990
    • Prince in Graffiti Bridge (1990)
      Graffiti Bridge
      4.7
      • Director (uncredited)
      • 1990
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Craig L. Rice

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