--- name: "Cameron Crowe" canonical: "https://film.one/person/cameron-crowe" fi1m_id: "cameron-crowe" imdb_id: "nm0001081" tmdb_id: 11649 wikidata_id: "Q318287" roles: ["Writer","Director","Producer"] born: "13 July 1957" reviewed_on_fi1m: 9 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T22:47:50.849602+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Cameron Crowe ## Identity Cameron Crowe - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cameron-crowe - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** cameron-crowe - **IMDb ID:** nm0001081 - **TMDB ID:** 11649 - **Wikidata ID:** Q318287 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Crowe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318287, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11649 Writer and director. Born 13 July 1957 in Palm Springs, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Writer, Director, Producer - **Born:** 13 July 1957, Palm Springs, California, USA - **Active:** 1982–2011 - **Also known as:** Cameron Bruce Crowe - **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 6 directing, 1 writing, 2 other - **Frequently works with:** [Jason Lee](https://film.one/person/jason-lee.md), [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (2), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 70 (2), 2010s 68 (2), 2020s 70 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Crowe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318287, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11649 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Jerry Maguire*](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md) (81), [*We Bought a Zoo*](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) (58) - **Hulu:** [*Almost Famous*](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md) (82) - **The Roku Channel:** [*Singles*](https://film.one/film/singles.md) (74) - **AMC+:** [*Fast Times at Ridgemont High*](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md) (70) - **Paramount+:** [*Vanilla Sky*](https://film.one/film/vanilla-sky.md) (58) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Cameron Crowe > Cameron Crowe makes the effort to sound confident funny and touching. We recommend his generous character writing, with reservations about the wandering stories and the indulgence he grants people who could do with being challenged. Brad Hamilton wants to look competent at his fast-food jobs in *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), and Judge Reinhold makes each embarrassment matter. Cameron Crowe’s screenplay understands how much effort goes into seeming grown-up. Under Amy Heckerling’s direction, the teenagers can be foolish without becoming contemptible, though the comedy sometimes turns cruel. Crowe’s sympathy is already there, as is his difficulty keeping several people’s stories moving together. With his directing debut, *Say Anything...* (1989), Crowe gives more time to one young man’s uncertainty. John Cusack’s Lloyd Dobler is determined to express his love, and nervous about doing it. Crowe takes his feelings seriously while allowing him to look foolish, which gives Cusack something better to play than youthful wisdom. But Ione Skye’s Diane Court gets less to do on the page. She is too often defined by what she means to others, while Lloyd has enough personality to exist beyond the couple. *Jerry Maguire* (1996) gives that anxious need to be liked to Tom Cruise’s sports agent, whose profession offers little encouragement to behave better. We were unexpectedly moved by Jerry’s early doubts about his job, because Cruise makes trying to change look so awkward. Crowe’s writing is funny about that discomfort, then keeps explaining what the actors have already made clear. Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński gives the romance a warmth that helps the earnestness, while Nancy Wilson’s music sometimes supplies encouragement the performances hardly need. A firmer cut would help; the actors give us good reason to stay. *Almost Famous* (2000) brings Crowe’s experience of rock journalism into a story about a teenage reporter touring with a band. It gives his enthusiasm enough weight that we understand why being admitted to the musicians’ company interferes with doing his job. Crowe is particularly good at that wish to belong. The wandering becomes troublesome when another appealing encounter delays the boy’s judgement of the people around him. We recommend it warmly, but would have preferred the musicians to remain answerable for their selfishness a little longer. Later, *Elizabethtown* (2005) drew criticism for losing focus. *Aloha* (2015) prompted complaints about sentimentality and contrivance. Those are familiar risks in writing so reluctant to give up on people, and a reason to favour the earlier work. Start with *Say Anything...* or *Jerry Maguire*, and allow a little extra time for Crowe to finish explaining himself. ## Biography Cameron Crowe is an American filmmaker and journalist. He wrote, directed and produced the 1996 film *Jerry Maguire*. Crowe began his career as a contributing editor at *Rolling Stone* magazine. His other films as writer and director include *Say Anything...* (1989), *Singles* (1992), *Almost Famous* (2000), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, *Vanilla Sky* (2001) and *Elizabethtown* (2005). He has also directed the documentaries *Pearl Jam Twenty* (2011) and created the television series *Roadies* (2016). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (9) ### Directed (6) - *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Fi1m 58, Director, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) - *Vanilla Sky* (2001), Fi1m 58, Director, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/vanilla-sky.md) - *Almost Famous* (2000), Fi1m 82, Director, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md) - *Jerry Maguire* (1996), Fi1m 81, Writer, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md) - *Singles* (1992), Fi1m 74, as Club Interviewer — [page](https://film.one/film/singles.md) - *Say Anything...* (1989), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md) ### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these - *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Fi1m 70, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md) ### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Heretic* (2024), Fi1m 70, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/heretic.md) - *The Fighter* (2010), Fi1m 79, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md) ## Complete filmography (31) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *First Timers* (2026), Actor - *Heretic* (2024), Thanks — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/heretic.md) - *Heartbreakers Beach Party* (2024), Director, Producer, Writer - *A Good Person* (2023), Thanks - *David Crosby: Remember My Name* (2019), Producer - *Thlípsi* (2018), Thanks - *The Other Side of the Wind* (2018), as Party Guest - *Roadies* (2016), series, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator - *Aloha* (2015), Director, Writer, Producer - *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Producer, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) - *Pearl Jam: The Kids Are Twenty* (2011), Writer - *Pearl Jam: The Fans Are Alright* (2011), Director, Writer - *Pearl Jam Twenty* (2011), Director, Writer - *The Union* (2011), Director - *The Fighter* (2010), Thanks — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md) - *The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts* (2009), Creative Consultant - *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md) - *Elizabethtown* (2005), Director, Writer, Producer - *Minority Report* (2002), as Bus Passenger (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md) - *Hitting It Hard* (2002), as Producer - *Vanilla Sky* (2001), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/vanilla-sky.md) - *Welcome to Hollywood* (2000), as Cameron Crowe - *Almost Famous* (2000), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md) - *Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory* (1998), Executive Producer - *Jerry Maguire* (1996), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md) - *Singles* (1992), as Club Interviewer · Director, Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/singles.md) - *Say Anything...* (1989), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md) - *Fast Times* (1986), series, Characters - *The Wild Life* (1984), as Cop #2 · Writer, Producer - *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Screenplay, Novel — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md) - *Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic*, Director, Producer, Writer ## Gallery - ![Cameron Crowe at a press event for the Almost Famous musical (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/86604/gallery-392d9843152d.jpg) Cameron Crowe at a press event for the Almost Famous musical (2022) — Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/CameronCrowe.jpg/1280px-CameronCrowe.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Susan Sarandon and Cameron Crowe at the premiere of Elizabethtown, Toronto Film Festival 2005 (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/86604/gallery-4ddc5ac8ade8.jpg) Susan Sarandon and Cameron Crowe at the premiere of Elizabethtown, Toronto Film Festival 2005 (2006) — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Elizabethtown_011_%287271087538%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cameron Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/86604/gallery-e45fa6f52fa4.jpg) Cameron Crowe — Image via TMDB - ![Cameron Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/86604/gallery-9ef0ea45e616.jpg) Cameron Crowe — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated - 2001: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Almost Famous* - 1997: Best Picture (nominated), for *Jerry Maguire* - 1997: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Jerry Maguire* ### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - Tony Award for Best Original Score 2023: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Almost Famous* - European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 1997: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Jerry Maguire* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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