Cameron Crowe

Director Cameron Crowe on the set of Paramount's Vanilla Sky - 2001 Photo: Neal Preston

Biography

Born 07/13/1957

The eclectic career of Cameron Crowe has encompassed a wide variety of occupations, including journalism, writing liner notes for albums and filmmaking. As a teenager, the California native began writing freelance pieces for such publications as Playboy and Creem. By age 16, Crowe was...
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Awards

  • In 2001, received BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
  • In 2000, received Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture
  • In 2000, received Oscar for Best Original Screenplay

Highlights

  • In 2005, Wrote and directed the feature "Elizabethtown" a dramady starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst
  • In 2001, Reteamed with Tom Cruise on "Vanilla Sky"
  • In 2000, Wrote and directed the autobiographical "Almost Famous", based on his years as a teen reporter for Rolling Stone; earned Best Original Screenplay Academy Award

Family & Companions

  • Cynthia Webber: sister (born in October 1956; reportedly estranged from Alice Crowe: Cameron Crowe has said that he made "Almost Famous" in the hopes of promoting a reconciliation between his mother and sister)
  • Curtis Crowe: son (born c. 2000; twin to Billy Crowe)

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