Craig Douglas was born on February 7, 1986 in the town of Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, He was raised in the small town of Grangetown. He is a writer, director and producer, He did not attend any type of film school. He picked up a camera and taught himself to direct and also to write. The son of Janice and retired steel worker Terry and is the eldest of eight children, he has five sisters and two brothers.
When filming Ring-A-Ding Rhythm Craig Douglas stood the tallest cast member, at 6. Chubby Checker was second tallest at 511. Lastly Del Shannon was the shortest at 411.
Craig was born and still currently lives in the Isle Of Wight UK.
His influences in directing are Kevin Smith, Ivan Reitman, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, Alfred Hitchcock, Jon Favreau, Wes Craven, Edward Burns, Shane Meadows, David Ayer, Mel Gibson and Pete Berg.
Bob Gale, Edward Burns, John Hughes, Terence Winter, Kevin Smith, Shane Black and Guy Ritchie are his favourite Screenwriters.
Some of his favourite films are The Wizard of Oz , Jaws , Hook , Ghostbusters , Ghostbusters II , Back To The Future , Stand by Me , Clerks , The Godfather , The Godfather: Part II , Sidewalks of New York and The Man Without A Face.
Films such as The Wizard of Oz , Jaws , Ghostbusters and Back To The Future are the influences that interested him in to writing and film making.
Became a father in December 2013.
Met his wife in 2008 while working as a nightclub doorman, they married in June 2015.
He is a comic book fan and collector.
He is a big fan of Disney. Peter Pan, Aladdin and The AristoCats are favourites from his childhood.
When writing a screenplay, for positive inspiration and drive, he reads the books The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb, Tough Sh
T: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good by Kevin Smith and Independent Ed: What I learned from My Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life by Edward Burns.
His favourite Actor is Michael Keaton.
