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Cameron Crowe




Cameron Crowe (born July 13 , 1957 ) is an American writer and Film Director .

He was born in Palm Springs, California to James Crowe and Alice George. He was raised in San Diego and began working as a Music Journalist when he was 15, later becoming a contributing Editor for the music magazines '' Creem '' and '' Rolling Stone ''. He currently resides in Seattle , Washington.

He married the Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson in 1986 and they have two children.

In 1999, Crowe published ''Conversations with Billy Wilder'' (ISBN 0571201628), a book of interviews with the film director Billy Wilder , then in his early 90s.

He compiled the ''Anthology'' collection of the works of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in 2000 .

Crowe is largely famous in contemporary cinema for extremely memorable quotes (as evidenced in '' Jerry Maguire '' and '' Almost Famous '') and placing a huge emphasis on his film soundtracks.


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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

  • Academy Award Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Almost Famous (2000)

  • BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Original for Almost Famous (2001)

  • DGA Award Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (2001)

  • Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (2001)



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