---
name: "Christopher Crowe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-crowe"
fi1m_id: "christopher-crowe"
imdb_id: "nm0189610"
tmdb_id: 57447
wikidata_id: "Q1086594"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "1 August 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:28:07.190035+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."
---

# Christopher Crowe

## Identity

Christopher Crowe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-crowe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-crowe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0189610
- **TMDB ID:** 57447
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1086594
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Crowe_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1086594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57447

Writer and director. Born 1 August 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 1 August 1948, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
- **Active:** 1984–2003
- **Also known as:** C.R. O'Christopher
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Aaron Lipstadt](https://film.one/person/aaron-lipstadt.md), [Alan J. Levi](https://film.one/person/alan-j-levi.md), [Colin Bucksey](https://film.one/person/colin-bucksey.md), [Frank Military](https://film.one/person/frank-military.md), [Michael Mann](https://film.one/person/michael-mann.md), [Robert Palm](https://film.one/person/robert-palm.md), [Tony Wharmby](https://film.one/person/tony-wharmby.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Crowe_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1086594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57447

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Miami Vice*](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*NCIS*](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Christopher Crowe (born 1 August 1948) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and graduated from William Horlick High School in 1967.

Crowe began his career writing for television series including *Baretta* and *B.J. and the Bear*. He created the series *Seven Days* and *The Watcher*, and served as executive producer on the 1985 revival of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*. His screenwriting credits include *Nightmares* (1983), *The Mean Season* (1985), *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992, co-written with Michael Mann), *Fear* (1996) and *The Bone Collector* (1999). He also wrote and directed *Off Limits* (1988) and *Whispers in the Dark* (1992).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Homeland Security* (2004), Writer
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Seven Days* (1998), series, Producer, Creator
- *Fear* (1996), Screenplay
- *The Watcher* (1995), series, Producer, Creator
- *Steel Justice* (1992), Director
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *Whispers in the Dark* (1992), Director, Writer
- *The Hollywood Detective* (1989), Screenplay
- *B.L. Stryker* (1989), series, Writer, Creator
- *Off Limits* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Streets of Justice* (1985), Writer, Director
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, Director, Producer
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, Writer
- *Nightmares* (1983), Writer, Producer
- *Darkroom* (1981), series, Writer, Producer
- *The Last Chase* (1981), Screenplay
- *B.J. and the Bear* (1978), Teleplay, Producer
- *Sword of Justice* (1978), series, Writer
- *The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries* (1977), series, Writer
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Writer

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