From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Craig Brewer (born December 6, 1971) is an American film director and screenwriter. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp". Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Brewer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.