Charles "Chuck" Dell Braverman (born March 3, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film director, collage film, collage animator, documentary filmmaker and film producer, producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject for his 2000 in film, 2000 documentary, ''Curtain Call (2000 film), Curtain Call''; he was also nominated for three Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary (Directors Guild of America Awards 2000, 2000, Directors Guild of America Awards 2001, 2001, Directors Guild of America Awards 2002, 2002), winning in 2000 for ''High School Boot Camp''. He has also directed episodes of several major television series, including ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Melrose Place'' and ''List of Northern Exposure episodes, Northern Exposure'' as well as television films such as the ''Prince of Bel Air'' and ''Brotherhood of Justice'' starring Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland. Chuck Braverman-Art of the Title
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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. His brother is actor Bart Braverman. Braverman graduated from the University of Southern California in 1967.Notable Alumni
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Career

Among his earliest efforts was an animated short film 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'' on the CBS 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 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 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'' in the same style of ''American Time Capsule''. In the 1980s, he produced ''D-TV'' for Disney Channel, The Disney Channel.

Filmography

* ''American Time Capsule'' (1968) * ''World of 68'' (1969) * ''Television Land'' (1971) * ''Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles'' (1974) * ''Trader Vic's Used Cars'' (1975) * ''Nixon: Checkers to Watergate'' (1976) * ''Peanuts to the Presidency'' (1977) Peanuts to the Presidency-Internet Archive
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References

External links

* * ''iarchive:anamericantimecapsule, An American Time Capsule'' iarchive:anamericantimecapsule, on The Internet Archive alongside other films by Braverman Productions
Charles Braverman on Vimeo
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