Charles "Chuck" Dell Braverman (born March 3, 1944, in
Los Angeles, California
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) is an American
film director,
collage animator,
documentary film
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maker and
producer. He was nominated for an
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject for his
2000
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documentary, ''
Curtain Call''; he was also nominated for three
Directors Guild of America Award
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Catego ...
s for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary (
2000
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,
2001,
2002), winning in 2000 for ''High School Boot Camp''. He has also directed episodes of several major television series, including ''
Beverly Hills, 90210
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'', ''
Melrose Place'' and ''
Northern Exposure'' as well as television films such as the ''
Prince of Bel Air'' and ''
Brotherhood of Justice'' starring
Keanu Reeves and
Kiefer Sutherland.
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Biography
Personal life
Braverman is the son of television producer, Herb Braverman, who died in 1958, and actress Kendall Carly Browne.[
Braverman graduated from the ]University of Southern California
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in 1967.[Notable Alumni]
, USC School of Cinematic Arts, ''Accessed March 10, 2008.
Career
Among his earliest efforts was an animated short film
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called ''An American Time Capsule'' set to a recording of "The Charge" from the album ''Beat That #?!* Drum'' by famous drummer Sandy Nelson (the film credits only cite the album name, not the actual title of the song). The film was composed of hundreds of short clips of art and photos (graphics animation) depicting 200 years of American history in two and a half minutes. This film was originally seen on ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' was an American comedy and variety show television series hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.
The series was a major success, especially considering it was sc ...
'' on the CBS
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network in 1968. The Smothers Brothers commissioned a second film from Braverman about the year 1968 for their final 1969 season. (Both films were included on the ''Smothers Brother Comedy Hour'' DVDs, and ''An American Time Capsule'' can be viewed on the Internet Archive.)
In 1971–1972, Braverman made a 12-minute film about the history of the Beatles
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called "Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles", first seen on Geraldo Rivera's "Good Night America" television show for ABC. The film used mostly animated graphics, but also features some short live action clips, including a cameo by Rivera interviewing John Lennon
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about his American citizenship troubles. The film was distributed in 16mm by Pyramid Films in the 1970s, but so far has never been officially released on video.
Braverman produced the opening sequence to the 1973 film ''Soylent Green
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'' in the same style of ''American Time Capsule''.
In the 1980s, he produced ''D-TV
''D-TV'' was a series of music videos created by The Walt Disney Company and produced by Charles Braverman and edited by Ted Herrmann which premiered on May 5, 1984, by taking hit songs of the past and putting them together with various footage of ...
'' for The Disney Channel
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.
Filmography
* ''American Time Capsule'' (1968)
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* '' Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story'' (1992)
* ''High School Boot Camp'' (2000)
* '' Curtain Call'' (2000)
References
External links
*
* '' An American Time Capsule'' on The Internet Archive alongside other films by Braverman Productions
Charles Braverman on Vimeo
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1944 births
American documentary filmmakers
Living people
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
Directors Guild of America Award winners
Collage filmmakers
Film directors from Los Angeles