Cameron Crowe

Known for WritingBorn 1957-07-13 (age 68)Palm Springs, California, USA

Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American screenwriter and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes. Crowe has made his mark with character-driven, personal films that have been generally hailed as refreshingly original and devoid of cynicism. Michael Walker in The New York Times called Crowe "something of a cinematic spokesman for the post-baby boom generation" because his first few films focused on that specific age group, first as highers and then as young adults making their way in the world. Crowe's debut screenwriting effort, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, grew out of a book he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California, where he met Geraldine Edwards, who was a student there, and who he later based his Penny Lane character on in Almost Famous, when he discovered she was going backstage to rock and roll concerts. Later, he wrote and directed one more high school saga, Say Anything, and then Singles, a story of Seattle twentysomethings that was woven together by a soundtrack centering on that city's burgeoning grunge music scene. Crowe landed his biggest hit, though, with Jerry Maguire. After this, he was given a green light to go ahead with a pet project, the autobiographical effort Almost Famous. Centering on a teenage music journalist on tour with an up-and-coming band, it gave insight to his life as a 15-year-old writer for Rolling Stone. Crowe has stated that the Penny Lane character was based on his fellow San Diegan, Geraldine Edwards, who he met in 1975, as mentioned earlier. Part of the dialogue is also inspired by comments that were made by Bebe Buell in certain interviews. Also, in late 1999, Crowe released his second book, Conversations with Billy Wilder, a question and answer session with the legendary director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cameron Crowe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

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The Union

Pearl Jam: The Kids Are Twenty

Pearl Jam: The Fans Are Alright

MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains

Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Pearl Jam Twenty

Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us

Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory

Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

Almost Famous

The Fighter

Minority Report

Heretic

David Crosby: Remember My Name

Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee

Hitting It Hard

Jerry Maguire

We Bought a Zoo

Say Anything...

The Other Side of the Wind

Fast Times

CBS News Sunday Morning

Vanilla Sky

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Heartbreakers Beach Party

Singles

Roadies

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Elizabethtown

The Wild Life

Aloha

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Culture Vulture

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