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Christopher Crowe (screenwriter)

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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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Films

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Year Film Director Writer Producer Notes
1981 The Last Chase No Yes No Credited as C.R. O'Christopher
Also "story by" credit
Co-written with Martyn Burke and A. Roy Moore
1983 Nightmares No Yes Yes Co-written with Jeffrey Bloom
1985 The Mean Season No Yes No Credited as Leon Piedmont
Streets of Justice Yes Yes Executive Television film
1988 Off Limits Yes Yes No Co-written with Jack Thibeau
1989 The Hollywood Detective No Yes Co-executive Television film
1992 Steel Justice Yes Yes Executive Television film
Co-written with John Hill
Whispers in the Dark Yes Yes No
The Last of the Mohicans No Yes No Co-written with Michael Mann
1996 Fear No Yes No
2004 Homeland Security No Yes Executive Television film

Television

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Year TV Series Credit Notes
1977 Baretta Writer 3 Episodes
1977-1979 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Writer, Producer, Story Editor 32 Episodes
1978-1979 Sword of Justice Writer, Producer 5 Episodes
1978-1981 B. J. and the Bear Writer, Creator, Producer, Supervising Producer 47 Episodes
1981-1982 Darkroom Writer, Producer 14 Episodes
1984 Airwolf Writer 1 Episode
1985-1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Writer, Director, Actor, Executive Producer 23 Episodes
1986 Miami Vice Director 1 Episode
1989-1990 B.L. Stryker Creator, Writer 12 Episodes
1990 H.E.L.P. Creator, Director, Executive Producer
1993-1994 The Untouchables Creator, Writer, Executive Producer 42 Episodes
1995 The Watcher Writer, Creator, Executive Producer 11 Episodes
1998-2001 Seven Days Writer, Creator, Producer, Executive Producer 66 Episodes
2001 Manhunt Co-Executive Producer 6 Episodes
2004-2005 NCIS Writer, Consulting Producer 2 Episodes

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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