Craig Brewer

Born 1971 · Film director, screenwriter

Craig Houston Brewer is an American filmmaker. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". He is also known for directing the 2011 remake of Footloose, the 2019 film Dolemite Is My Name and the 2021 film Coming 2 America, the latter two films starring Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy.

Craig Brewer, in order

1. 2000 The Poor and Hungry: directed, wrote, produced
2. 2003 Water's Edge: wrote · directed by Harvey Kahn · streaming on Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi
3. 2005 Hustle & Flow: directed, wrote · critics 82%, audiences 83% · streaming on Paramount+, Hoopla, Starz
4. 2007 Black Snake Moan: directed, wrote · critics 66%, audiences 69% · streaming on Hoopla, Starz
5. 2008 The Shield (TV series): directed · critics 90%, audiences 96% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu
6. 2010 Terriers (TV series): directed · critics 93%, audiences 97%
7. 2011 Footloose: directed, wrote · critics 68%, audiences 61% · streaming on Paramount+, Hoopla
8. 2016 The Legend of Tarzan: wrote · directed by David Yates · critics 35%, audiences 58%
9. 2019 Dolemite Is My Name: directed · critics 97%, audiences 91% · streaming on Netflix
10. 2021 Coming 2 America: directed · critics 49%, audiences 37% · streaming on Prime Video, Prime Video (free), MX Player
11. 2025 Song Sung Blue: directed, wrote, produced · critics 77%, audiences 97% · streaming on Netflix
12. $5 Cover (TV series): directed