Christopher Crowe (born August 1, 1948) is an American screenwriter, film producer, and film director.[1] [2]
Crowe was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and graduated from William Horlick High School in 1967. In the mid-1970s, he was working for an East Coast magazine, but returned home to Racine. While working at his father's graphic arts company, he created the logo for the band Cheap Trick.[3]
He has written the screenplays for The Last of the Mohicans,[4] [5] Nightmares, The Mean Season, Fear,[6] and The Bone Collector[7] [8] [9] [10] He also wrote and directed Off Limits and Whispers in the Dark.[5] [11]
He created the television shows Seven Days, The Watcher, The Untouchables,[4] [12] H.E.L.P.,[13] B.L. Stryker, and B. J. and the Bear. He was also executive producer of the 1985 TV revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.[14] [15]
Crowe had his identity stolen by Christian Gerhartsreiter, the man who also claimed to be a descendant of the Rockefeller family, in the early 1990s; Gerhartsreiter claimed he had been the producer of ‘’Alfred Hitchcock Presents at one point and had legally changed his name to Christopher C. Crowe.[16]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Last Chase | Credited as "C.R. O'Christopher" | |||
| 1983 | Nightmares | Also producer | |||
| 1985 | The Mean Season | Credited as Leon Piedmont | |||
| 1988 | Off Limits | ||||
| 1992 | Whispers in the Dark | ||||
| The Last of the Mohicans | |||||
| 1996 | Fear |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Baretta | 3 episodes | |||||
| 1977-1979 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | 32 episodes; Also story editor | |||||
| 1978-1979 | Sword of Justice | 5 episodes | |||||
| 1978-1981 | B. J. and the Bear | 47 episodes; Also supervising producer | |||||
| 1981-1982 | Darkroom | 14 episodes | |||||
| 1984 | Airwolf | Episode "Echos From the Past" | |||||
| 1985-1986 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Directed episodes "Prisoners" and "The Creeper"; Wrote segment "Bang! You're Dead | "; Also acted as "Surgeon" in episode "Night Fever" | ||||
| 1986 | Miami Vice | Episode "Shadow in the Dark" | |||||
| 1989-1990 | B.L. Stryker | 12 Episodes | |||||
| 1990 | H.E.L.P. | ||||||
| 1993-1994 | The Untouchables | 42 Episodes | |||||
| 1995 | The Watcher | 11 episodes | |||||
| 1998-2001 | Seven Days | 66 Episodes | |||||
| 2001 | Manhunt | 6 Episodes | |||||
| 2004-2005 | NCIS | 2 Episodes | |||||
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Streets of Justice | |||
| 1989 | The Hollywood Detective | |||
| 1992 | Steel Justice | |||
| 2004 | Homeland Security | |||