| Screenwriter/producer/director Cameron Crowe was born on July 13, 1957, in Palm Springs, California and raised in San Diego. He began a career in journalism at the age of 15, writing for such publications as Penthouse, Playboy, Creem and the Los Angeles Times. At 16, he joined the staff of Rolling Stone, where he was a contributing editor and later, an associate editor. Crowe profiled such influential music world figures as Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and the members of Led Zeppelin. In between his busy career, he found time to graduate from University of San Diego High School. High school activities included the Debate team and working on underground campus newspaper "Common Sense".
In 1979, Crowe (then 22) returned to high school as a senior to research a book on teen life. Fast Times at Ridgemont High became a best-seller and Universal Pictures, which had optioned the book while it was still in galley form, signed Crowe to write the screenplay. Released in the spring of '82 and directed by Amy Heckerling, Fast Times at Ridgemont High became one of the year's biggest hits and launched the careers of such stars as Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Nicolas Cage and Eric Stoltz. Crowe's screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screen Adaptation.
Crowe's next writing project was The Wild Life (1984), the story of a recent high school graduate who takes on a wild and crazy wrestler as his roommate in a swinging singles apartment complex. Though firmly centered in adolescent concerns, the film lacked the success of Fast Times.
In 1989, Crowe made his feature film directorial debut with his original screenplay Say Anything. The story of an off-beat loner (John Cusack) who goes after the beautiful class brain of his school (Ione Skye), the film was well received by audiences and critics alike and has since become a huge hit on video and cable TV. Cameron's second movie set in Seattle, was 1992's romantic comedy Singles. The film featured strong performances by the ensemble cast including Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgwick, Campbell Scott and Bridget Fonda, as well as a cameo appearance by Pearl Jam.
Cameron still occasionally returns to his roots, penning liner notes for Led Zeppelin, Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd & winning a Grammy for his work on Bob Dylan's Biograph 3 CD set.
Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger was released in 1996 to enormous box office success and was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. Cuba Gooding Jr. took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
DreamWorks signed Crowe to a three year, first picture look in 1997 (you can read the press release here), but Crowe took nearly two years off working on Conversations With Wilder, a collection of interviews with legendary director Billy Wilder. Crowe is a huge admirer of his work and felt it was important to document Wilder's thoughts as he is now in his early '90s. "I learned a lot," said Crowe. "He is an international treasure and not a man who likes to be interviewed about his work."
Cameron began dating Nancy Wilson (Heart) in 1982, they married in 1986. A personal milestone was reached on January 23, 2000 as Cameron Crowe and Nancy Wilson gave birth to twin boys William James Crowe (named after Billy Wilder and Crowe's late father, James) and Curtis Wilson Crowe (in honor of his wife and Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis, who introduced Crowe to Wilson).
Almost Famous released in September 2000 was the culmination of a ten year journey to put Cameron's experiences working for Rolling Stone on film. It was cited on over 150 critic's Top 10 List's for 2000 and received six Golden Globe and four Academy Awards nominations. It received two Golden Globes (Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical & Best Supporting Actress (Kate Hudson) & Cameron received a much deserved Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
In 1982, Crowe also directed a Tom Petty special for MTV (Heartbreaker's Beach Party). Cameron has directed numerous music videos including Tom Petty's "Change of Heart", Paul Westerberg's "Dyslexic Heart" for Singles and Stillwater's "Fever Dog" for Almost Famous. In addition, he oversaw the Alice in Chains video "Would" (Directed by Josh Taft) for Singles. In 2000, he conducted all the band interviews and produced Pearl Jam's Home Video "Single Video Theory".
Cameron's fifth film, Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell and Jason Lee was released on December 14, 2001 in North America. |
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