Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe: Biography in Details

Who is Cameron Crowe?

Cameron Crowe is an American writer, producer, and Journalist. He is also an actor and author.

Cameron Crowe: Birth Facts, Family, Childhood

Cameron Bruce Crowe was born on July 13, 1957, in Palm Springs, California, the U.S. His mother, Alice Marie Crowe, and father, James A. Crowe raised him in California. He has twin sons William James Crowe and Curtis Wilson Crowe from his ex-wife Nancy Wilson. As for his nationality, he is an American and holds Greek, Spanish, and British Isles ethnicity.

In which school did Cameron Crowe attend?

Cameron completed high school at 15 and right after one year, he started writing for Rolling Stone. He attended San Diego City College located in California, United States for his graduation. But later dropped out to follow his screenwriting career.

Cameron Crowe: Early Professional Life, and Career

At the age of 16, Crowe had his first cover story on The Allman Brothers Band. Crowe was a fan of hard rock bands, so he wrote more about Todd Rundgren, Rory Gallagher, Linda Ronstadt, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, and many others.

Later in 1978, Crowe made his appearance in the movie, American Hot Wax but returned to his writing after that. His book, Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, turned out in 1981. This book mainly focused on the teenage lifestyle, romance, and sexual encounters. Before the book was discharged, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was optioned for a film that was released in 1982. The movie had many positive reviews.

Crowe wrote another screenplay, The Wild Life, the wrong sequel to Fast Times at Ridgemont High. His next project released in 1992 naming, Singles which focused mainly on the romantic story of six friends.

Crowe had his next success when he wrote and directed a movie named Jerry Maguire which was even nominated for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Actor where Tom Cruise won his Second Globe award for his role as Jerry in the movie. Cuba Gooding Jr. also won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Rod Tidwell in the movie.

Later in 2000, Crowe wrote and directed Almost Famous with his knowledge and experience of music journalism.

In the year 2001, Crowe produced a psychological thriller movie named Vanilla Sky which was able to collect $100.6 million at the U.S. box office. He directed a tragicomedy movie Elizabethtown in 2005 and additionally, directed the next movie named The Union. The movie was later released in 2011.

Following his previous success, he later had written and produced many other movies like, We Bought a Zoo, Pearl Jam Twenty, Aloha, Roadies, and Say Anything which was a great success in his career. As an actor, he had a screenplay for The Other Side of the Wind, American Hot Wax, The Wild Life, Singles, and Minority Report.

Cameron Crowe: Lifetime Achievements and Awards

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for the movie Jerry Maguire, and DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Picture. Additionally, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Almost Famous, BAFTA Film Award for Best Screenplay, and Golden Globe Award.

Almost Famous won Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

How much is the net worth of Cameron Crowe?

Crowe has total assets of $45million. Other details regarding his salary and net worth are not available.

Cameron Crowe: Rumors and Controversy

In May 2005 fans criticized Cameron for his movie, rating it as the worst movie of his directorial. Moreover, his other rumors were the ratings among all the movies his directorial from the worst to best.

Cameron Crowe: Body Measurements

Cameron is 72 inches tall and weighs 87kg. His shoe size is said to be 12(US). Likewise, he has dark brown colored eyes and hair. Other details about his body measurements are not provided.

Cameron Crowe: Social Media Profile

Talking about his social media profile, Cameron has around 63k followers on his Facebook account. Including, 143.7k fans on his Twitter account.

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