Kevin R. Crawford, Ph.D.
Bio
Dr. Kevin R. Crawford is a writer and an executive-producer. He has served as Visiting Lecturer in Screenwriting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and as graduate Professor of Film Studies at Regent’s School of Communication & the Arts. He has authored more than a dozen award-winning screenplays. He is also President and CEO of Peloton Entertainment. He came to screenwriting from “a previous life” working as a pastor-teacher. He is an ordained minister with the Christian & Missionary Alliance and has led congregations in Western Canada and throughout the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.
His published works range in scope from professional and trade periodicals to newspapers and scholarly journals. His latest projects include a novel in progress, a feature-length motion picture now entering distribution, and a popular version of his dissertation on the legendary work of Hollywood Director Christopher Nolan. Dr. Crawford has written and spoken on issues of pop culture, film, and spirituality, and believes the most “sacred” task in every age falls to the Writer. His motto: Whoever tells the story, defines culture!
Dr. Crawford’s research interests include storytelling and screenwriting, analysis of the motion picture arts (rhetoric of film, faith and film, media history and criticism), and media activism. His teaching philosophy “assumes that if higher education and redemptive communication are strategies for changing the world, then art and media are about reaching the soul.”
Born and raised in Ohio, Dr. Crawford runs the world on two passports! Having lived and worked on both sides of the border, he is a dual citizen of Canada and the U.S. He is an avid cyclist; he raced semi-professionally during high school and college, and still road bikes 100+ miles per week. Happily married for more than thirty-five years, Dr. Crawford and his wife make their home in Chesapeake, Virginia. They have two children, four grandchildren, and a Golden Retriever named Archer.
Credentials
- B.A., Philosophy - Asbury University, 1981
- M.Div., Theology - Asbury Theological Seminary, 1986
- M.F.A., Creative Writing - Regent University, 2007
- Ph.D., Communication - Regent University, 2012
Publications
Provoking Biblical Conversations through Popular Media: Lessons Learned from The Shack and Superbook, Glocal Conversations ISSN: 2296-7176
Affiliations
- Writers Guild of America, Independent Writer’s Caucus
- American Screenwriters Association
- Producers Guild of America
Memberships
- International Society of Theta Phi
- Chi Alpha Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies
- Society for Animation Studies
- University Film & Video Association
- International Communication Association
- National Communication Association
- Religious Communication Association
Awards
- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Regent University, 2010
- Glen G. Henson Memorial Scholar, 2010
- Morse Family Communication Arts Scholar, 2010
- Louise Du Art and SQuire Rushnell Communication Arts Scholar, 2010
- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Regent University, 2007