Christopher Crowe (screenwriter)

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]

A 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

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Film

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Jerry Roberts (5 June 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8108-6378-1.
  2. ^ "Christopher Crowe Bio". www.vidiot.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ^ "The Origin of the Cheap Trick Logo" (PDF). www.scottstarr.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. ^ a b Pearl, Matthew (December 27, 2017). "Behind The Untouchables: The Making of the Memoir That Reclaimed a Prohibition-Era Legend". Vanity Fair.
  5. ^ a b Neal Koch, "Sex, Violence And Comedy: Inside the Audition", The San Francisco Examiner (August 30, 1992), Datebook p. 32.
  6. ^ Sokol, Tony (March 5, 2018). "Remake of 1996's Fear on the way..." Den of Geek.
  7. ^ "Noyce set to helm 'Bone'". www.variety.com. March 17, 1998. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  8. ^ "Collector' acquires Jolie". www.variety.com. June 4, 1998. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ "Rooker inks for 'Bone'". www.variety.com. September 15, 1998. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ "Sony nabs o'seas right to U's 'Bone'". www.variety.com. February 15, 1999. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  11. ^ "Christopher Crowe Filmography". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Rosenberg, Howard (March 3, 1990). "TV Reviews: 'H.E.L.P.': There's Life in the Rescue Genre Yet". Los Angeles Times.
  14. ^ Burke, Michael (May 23, 1993). "Horlick alum Christopher Crowe writes place in Hollywood history". Racine Journal Times.
  15. ^ "Starlog Magazine Issue 99". archive.org. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  16. ^ "The Man in the Rockefeller Suit". Vanity Fair. 3 December 2008.
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