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Cameron Crowe

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67 Years Old

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.

Born

Palm Springs, California, USA on 13th July 1957

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CBS News Sunday Morning
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Minority Report Image
Minority Report
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Singles Image
Singles
Club Interviewer
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
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Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell Image
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
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Welcome to Hollywood Image
Welcome to Hollywood
Cameron Crowe
The Wild Life Image
The Wild Life
Cop #2
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The Other Side of the Wind
Party Guest
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! Image
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
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David Crosby: Remember My Name Image
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Self - Interviewer
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read Image
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Image
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
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Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf Image
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
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Ringers: Lord of the Fans Image
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories Image
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. Image
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
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MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
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Pearl Jam Twenty
Himself
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Heartbreakers Beach Party
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The Beatles Revolution
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Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us Image
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
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Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres Image
Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
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Hitting It Hard
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Only in Theaters
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The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business Image
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
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Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher Image
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
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Elton John - Elton in Four Decades
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Culture Vulture
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