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]

The 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

Films
YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
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
YearTV SeriesCreditNotes
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
  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. Pearl, Matthew (December 27, 2017). "Behind The Untouchables: The Making of the Memoir That Reclaimed a Prohibition-Era Legend". Vanity Fair.
  5. 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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