Cameron Crowe - Wikipedia. Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 1. American director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author, and actor. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes. Crowe's debut screenwriting effort, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, grew out of a book he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California. Later, he wrote and directed one more high school saga, Say Anything, and then Singles, a story of Seattle twentysomethings that was woven together by a soundtrack centering on that city's burgeoning grunge music scene. Watch The White Ribbon Dailymotion. Crowe landed his biggest hit, though, with Jerry Maguire.

Early life. Cameron Crowe was born in Palm Springs, California. His father, James A. Crowe, originally from Kentucky, owned a real estate and phone service business. Cast/credits plus other information about the film.

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After this, he was given a green light to go ahead with a pet project, the autobiographical effort Almost Famous. Centering on a teenage music journalist on tour with an up- and- coming band, it gave insight to his life as a 1.

Rolling Stone. For his screenplay, he won an Academy Award. Also in late 1. 99. Crowe's second book was published, a question and answer session with the film director Billy Wilder entitled Conversations with Wilder. Early life[edit]Cameron Crowe was born in Palm Springs, California. His father, James A.

Crowe, originally from Kentucky, owned a real estate and phone service business.[2] His mother, Alice Marie (née George), "was a teacher, activist, and all- around live wire who did skits around the house and would wear a clown suit to school on special occasions."[3][4][5] She worked as a psychology professor and family therapist and often participated in peace demonstrations and causes relating to the rights of farm workers. Crowe was the youngest of three children with two sisters, but one died when he was young. The family moved around often but spent a lot of time in the desert town of Indio. Crowe commented that Indio was where "people owned tortoises, not dogs".[3] His family finally settled in San Diego. Crowe skipped kindergarten and two grades in elementary,[6] and by the time he attended Catholic high school, he was quite obviously younger than the other students. To add to his alienation, he was often ill because he suffered from nephritis.[7]Crowe began writing for the school newspaper and by the age of 1.

The San Diego Door. He began corresponding with Lester Bangs, who had left the Door to become editor at the national rock magazine Creem, and soon he was also submitting articles to Creem as well as Circus.

Crowe graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1. On a trip to Los Angeles, he met Ben Fong- Torres, the editor of Rolling Stone, who hired him to write for the magazine.

He also joined the Rolling Stone staff as a contributing editor and then became an associate editor. During this time Crowe interviewed Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, the Eagles, Poco, Steely Dan, members of Led Zeppelin and more.[8] Crowe was Rolling Stone's youngest- ever contributor. Rolling Stone[edit]Crowe's first cover story was on the Allman Brothers Band.[9] He went on the road with them for three weeks at the age of 1. Because Crowe was a fan of the 1.

He wrote predominantly about Yes and the band members, and also about Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eagles, King Crimson, Linda Ronstadt, Rory Gallagher, Todd Rundgren, and more.[citation needed] In an interview with Joel Selvin of the San Francisco Chronicle, Fong- Torres remarked, "He was the guy we sent out after some difficult customers. He covered the bands that hated Rolling Stone."[1.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High book and film[edit]When Rolling Stone moved its offices from the West Coast to New York in 1. Crowe decided to stay behind. He also felt the excitement of his career was beginning to wane. Watch The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale Putlocker on this page. Crowe appeared in the 1. American Hot Wax, but then returned to his writing. Though he would continue to freelance for Rolling Stone on and off over the years, he turned his attention to a book.

At the age of 2. 2, Crowe came up with the idea to pose undercover as a high school student and write about his experiences. Simon & Schuster gave him a contract, and he moved back in with his parents and enrolled as Dave Cameron at Clairemont High School in San Diego.

Reliving the senior year he never had, he made friends and began to fit in. Though he initially planned to include himself in the book, he realized that it would jeopardize his ability to capture the true essence of the high school experience. His book, Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, came out in 1.

Crowe focused on six main characters: a tough guy, a nerd, a surfer dude, a sexual sophisticate, and a middle- class brother and sister. He chronicled their activities in typical teenage settings—at school, at the beach, and at the mall, where many of them held afterschool jobs—and focused on details of their lives that probed into the heart of adolescence.

This included scenes about homecoming and graduation as well as social cliques and sexual encounters. Before the book was even released, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was optioned for a film.

Released in 1. 98. The studio did not devote any marketing effort toward it.

Nevertheless, it became a sleeper hit due to word of mouth. The reviews of Fast Times at Ridgemont High were positive, and the film ended up launching the careers of some of the previously unknown actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Anthony Edwards, and future Oscar- winners Nicolas Cage, Forest Whitaker, and Sean Penn. Early film efforts[edit]Following this success, Crowe wrote the screenplay for 1. The Wild Life, the pseudo- sequel to Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Whereas its predecessor followed teenagers' lives in high school, The Wild Life traced the lives of several teenagers after high school living in an apartment complex. Filmmaker James L.

Brooks noticed Crowe's original voice and wanted to work with him. Brooks executive produced Crowe's first directing effort, 1. Say Anything.., about a young man pining away for the affections of the seemingly perfect girl.

Though it could have easily ended up a formulaic teen love story, Say Anything.. They applauded the way Crowe crafted an intriguing and insightful tale that also involved the girl's relationship with her father and how it is threatened when she discovers he is caught up in a shady business deal. By this point, Crowe was ready to leave teen angst behind and focus on his peers. His next project, 1. Singles, centered on the romantic tangles among a group of six friends in their twenties in Seattle. The film starred Bridget Fonda and Matt Dillon, where Fonda played a coffee- bar waitress fawning over an aspiring musician, played by Dillon. Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott co- starred as a couple wavering on whether to commit to each other.

Music forms an integral backbone for the script, and the soundtrack became a best seller three months before the release of the film. Much of this was due to repeated delays while studio executives debated how to market it. Singles successfully rode on the heels of Seattle's grunge music boom. During production, bands like Nirvana were not yet national stars, but by the time the soundtrack was released, their song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" had to be cut because it was too costly to buy the rights. Crowe had signed members of Pearl Jam, shortly before their burgeoning, nationwide success, to portray Dillon's fictional band 'Citizen Dick'. Crowe also appeared in this project, appropriately, as a rock journalist at a club.

Tim Appelo wrote in Entertainment Weekly, "With .. Crowe captures the eccentric appeal of a town where espresso carts sprout on every corner and kids in ratty flannel shirts can cut records that make them millionaires."[1.