Christopher Crowe (born August 1, 1948) is an American screenwriter, film producer, and film director.
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.
He has written the screenplays for The Last of the Mohicans,Neal Koch, "Sex, Violence And Comedy: Inside the Audition", The San Francisco Examiner (August 30, 1992), Datebook p. 32. Nightmares, The Mean Season, Fear, and The Bone Collector He also wrote and directed Off Limits and Whispers in the Dark.
He created the television shows Seven Days, The Watcher, The Untouchables, H.E.L.P., B.L. Stryker, and B. J. and the Bear. He was also executive producer of the 1985 TV revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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.
Filmography Film YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes 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
Television YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerCreatorNotes 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
Television films YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutiveproducer 1985 Streets of Justice 1989 The Hollywood Detective 1992 Steel Justice 2004 Homeland Security
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External links
Christopher Crowe @ discogs.com Christopher Crowe @ thetvdb.com Christopher Crowe @ bfi.org