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name: "Craig Bolotin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-bolotin"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "23 May 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:03.252656+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."
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# Craig Bolotin

Director and writer. Born 23 May 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 23 May 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA

## Biography

Craig Bolotin is an American screenwriter and film director. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied philosophy and wrote film reviews.

Bolotin began his career with an uncredited rewrite on *Desperately Seeking Susan* (1985). His first original screenplay was *No Small Affair* (1984). He wrote *Black Rain* (1989), co-wrote *Straight Talk* (1992), and wrote and directed *That Night* (1992) and *Light It Up* (1999). He also wrote the screenplay for *The Longest Ride* (2015).

Bolotin wrote and directed the episode 'One Way Ticket' of the series *Miami Vice* (1986). He wrote and directed the short film *Sapphire Man* (1990), which screened at Sundance.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *The Longest Ride* (2015), Screenplay
- *Black Rain* (1989), Screenplay
- *Straight Talk* (1992), Screenplay, Story
- *That Night* (1992), Director, Screenplay
- *No Small Affair* (1984), Screenplay, Story
- *Light It Up* (1999), Writer, Director

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