Certainly idiosyncratic as a writer, Cameron Crowe has created a series of scripts that, while liked by the critics, were considered offbeat and difficult to market. He began his writing career as a 15-year-old high-school student, with articles on music submitted to Rolling Stone magazine, and only a few years later had his first script, for Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). This movie was important for more than his career - his future wife Nancy Wilson had a small role in the film. Music remained important to him, with the rock band Pearl Jam playing a bit role in Singles (1992) well before they were "discovered". His next movie, Jerry Maguire (1996), took over five years to develop - a chance photograph of a football player and his agent was the initial inspiration. It took some 20 drafts and near terminal discouragement that he would ever get it right before the film finally made it to the screen. And this time his wife composed the music.

1. We Bought a Zoo (Avem un Zoo!) (2011) - (screenplay)

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2. We Bought a Zoo (Avem un Zoo!) (2011) - Regizor

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3. Elizabethtown (2005) - (written by) 4. Elizabethtown (2005) - Regizor 5. Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005) - Himself 6. Minority Report (2002) - Bus Passenger (uncredited) 7. Vanilla Sky (2001) - (screenplay) 8. Vanilla Sky (2001) - Regizor 9. Almost Famous (2000) - (written by) 10. Almost Famous (2000) - Regizor 11. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback (1995) - (video "Change of Heart") 12. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) - (screenplay)

1. Early career as a journalist included 4 years as the rock music critic for the San Diego Union (the city's major daily).

2. Former journalist for Rolling Stone magazine.

3. Son of Alice Marie Crowe.

4. Attended University of San Diego High School.

5. Attended Indio High School.

6. Attended San Diego City College.

7. His wife is Nancy Wilson from the rock group Heart.

8. Wrote liner notes for Peter Frampton's breakthrough album "Frampton Comes Alive".

9. Wrote liner notes for Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same" live record.

10. Often refers to the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" in his films.

11. Steven Spielberg did a cameo in Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) and Crowe did a cameo in Spielberg's Minority Report (2002); both films starred Tom Cruise.

12. Admires Billy Wilder very much and uses a lot of what Wilder taught him in his films. In addition, his favorite movie is Wilder's The Apartment (1960).

13. He and his wife have 4 springer spaniels.

14. He wrote the screenplay to Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) based on his book. He wrote the book after posing as a student at his old high school to see how student life had changed.

15. Five of the films that he directed (Say Anything... (1989), Singles (1992), Jerry Maguire (1996), Almost Famous (1996) and Elizabethtown (2005)) have scenes with characters on airplanes or walking through airports.

16. Wrote the liner notes for "Anthology: Through the Years" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

17. Wrote the liner notes for "Biograph" by Bob Dylan.

18. Wrote the foreword for "Ready When You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe" by Jerry Ziesmer (Scarecrow Press, 2003).

19. Ex-brother-in-law of Ann Wilson and Lynn Wilson.

20. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.

21. Wrote the liner notes for Lynyrd Skynyrd's "One More From the Road" album.

22. When he won his Oscar for Almost Famous (2000), he dedicated the award to "Audrey and Billy". Most people assumed this was for Audrey Hepburn and Billy Wilder but, in fact, it was for Billy Wilder and his wife Audrey Young, who were close personal friends of Cameron.

23. Father of twins, William James Crowe and Curtis Wilson Crowe born on January 23, 2000.

24. Directed 4 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kate Hudson, and Frances McDormand. Gooding won his Oscar for his performance for Jerry Maguire (1996).

25. Nancy Wilson filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences". She listed June 15, 2008 as their date of separation. [Late September 2010]