Craig Brewer
2002 Fellow
Memphis, TN
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Given a Casio keyboard, a small-time Memphis street hustler sees the possibility of self-reinvention through music and decides to change his life by becoming a rap musician.
Selected Works
Film
Black Snake Moan (2007)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Pressure (2001)
The Poor & Hungry (2000)
Clean Up in Booth B (2000)
Accomplishments
Festivals/Awards: Best Digital Feature, Hollywood Film Festival, 2000; Audience Award, Independent Spirit Award and the Regal Cinema Best Feature Award, Nashville Independent Film Festival, 2001; Carrier Audience Award and Best Feature Award, Indie Memphis Film Festival, 2000

Broadcasts: Independent Film Channel, 2001

Instructor: Echoes of Truth, Memphis, 2000 to present; University of Memphis, 2000 to present

Theater Director, 1991-1997
Education
Dramatic Training, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco
News
January, February, March 2007
Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and was released theatrically in February.  This narrative feature navigates the charged dynamics between a nymphomaniac left for dead and the reformed bluesman who becomes committed to the task of keeping her alive.
December 2006
Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan will receive its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. This narrative feature navigates the charged dynamics between a nymphomaniac left for dead and the reformed bluesman who becomes committed to the task of keeping her alive.
April 2006
Craig Brewer is completing a new feature, Black Snake Moan. The film, staring Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci, explores the intricacies of Southern sex and music.