Henri Charr, also credited as H. Charr, is an
Assyrian filmmaker born in
Iran
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and living in
Southern California
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. He started in educational films and documentaries, then turned to mainstream cinema in genres including thrillers, drams, action-adventure, family films and comedies.
In the early 1990s Charr made a trilogy of action films: Under Lock and Key, Caged Hearts and Cell Block Sisters. In the mid-1990s Char made family films; My Uncle: The Alien was a Selection at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Films. He then made Little Heroes, a children's film televised on Animal Planet as the "Movie of the Month". In 2002 Charr produced and directed the Action-Adventure Disaster film Wildfire.
He then produced family adventure comedy Abe & Bruno, suspense drama Heart of Fear, and Stepping High.
Director, filmography
*Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983), aka ''Island Fury'' (USA: video title)
*Fatal Encounter (1990)
*Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993)
[Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) - IMDb]
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*Under Lock and Key
''Under Lock and Key'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released on November 22, 1985, through Elektra Records. The album reached No. 32 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and remained on that chart for 67 weeks. "Do ...
(1995)[Under Lock and Key (1995) - IMDb]
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*Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995), aka ''Banished Behind Bars''[Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995) - IMDb]
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*Caged Hearts (1995)[Caged Hearts (1996) - IMDb]
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*Wild Fire (1995)[Roegeom (1969) - IMDb]
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*My Uncle the Alien (1996)[My Uncle the Alien (1996) - IMDb]
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*Hollywood Safari (1997)[Hollywood Safari (1997) - IMDb]
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* Little Heroes (film) (1999)
*Little Heroes 2 (2000)
*Little Heroes 3 (2002), aka ''Les Petits héros III'' (Canada: French title: TV title), aka ''Top Dogs: Little Heroes 3'' (UK)[Little Heroes 3 (2002) - IMDb]
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*Abe & Bruno
''Abe & Bruno'' is an American family movie of 2006 directed by
Henri Charr and starring Kevin Scott Allen and Blythe Metz.
The film was released on DVD in 2014.
Outline
Abe (Brad Sergi) is living in a cabin in the woods with his pet mountai ...
(2006) (TV)[Abe & Bruno (TV Movie 2006) - IMDb]
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*Heart of Fear (2006)[Heart of Fear (Video 2006) - IMDb]
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*Forbidden Border (2009)
*I Love Your Moves (2012)
*The Big Goofy Secret of Hidden Pines (2013)
*Stepping High (2013)
Writer, filmography
*Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) (story)Under Lock and Key
''Under Lock and Key'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released on November 22, 1985, through Elektra Records. The album reached No. 32 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and remained on that chart for 67 weeks. "Do ...
(1995) (story)
Producer, filmography
*Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) (executive producer)Under Lock and Key
''Under Lock and Key'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released on November 22, 1985, through Elektra Records. The album reached No. 32 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and remained on that chart for 67 weeks. "Do ...
(1995) (executive producer)
Production manager, filmography
*3 Little Ninjas and the Lost Treasure (1990) (post-production supervisor), aka ''Little Ninjas'' (USA: video title)
Sound department, filmography
*Savage Harbor (1987) (sound effects editor) (credited as H. Charr), aka Death Feud (USA: new title), aka ''Raggedy Anne'', aka ''Slammers'' (USA)Savage Harbor (1987) - IMDb
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See also
* List of Assyrians
References
External links
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Assyrian film directors
Chaldean Catholics
Iranian film directors
Iranian emigrants to the United States
Iranian Eastern Catholics
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Iranian Assyrian people