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Charles L. Barbee

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Charles L. Barbee is known for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Night Court (1984) and The Making of 'Silent Running' (1972).
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    6.4
    • Visual Effects(as Chuck Barbee)
    • 1979
    Harry Anderson, Selma Diamond, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)
    Night Court
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    The Making of 'Silent Running' (1972)
    The Making of 'Silent Running'
    7.6
    • Cinematographer(as Chuck Barbee)
    • 1972
    Deep Water Rescue (1986)
    Deep Water Rescue
    Short
    • Cinematographer(as Chuck Barbee)
    • 1986

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Woof! It's a Dog's Life with Matthew Margolis
      • director of photography
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 1998
    • Wild West Country
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Guru2Go (2004)
      Guru2Go
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2004
    • Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (2003)
      Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later
      6.8
      Video
      • Cinematographer (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 2003
    • Beata Pozniak in Mnemosyne (2002)
      Mnemosyne
      6.4
      Short
      • Cinematographer (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 2002
    • Woof! It's a Dog's Life with Matthew Margolis
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 1998–2002
    • Masters of Horror (2002)
      Masters of Horror
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002
    • Steve Braun and Larry Sullivan in The Trip (2002)
      The Trip
      7.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002
    • Round Up: Deposing 'the Usual Suspects' (2002)
      Round Up: Deposing 'the Usual Suspects'
      7.1
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002
    • The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (2001)
      The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
      6.2
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 2001
    • Nebraska (2001)
      Nebraska
      8.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2001
    • Warm Blooded Killers (1999)
      Warm Blooded Killers
      5.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 1999
    • Weapons at War (1999)
      Weapons at War
      7.1
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 1999
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1999
    • Love Bites
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1999
    • History's Mysteries (1998)
      History's Mysteries
      7.9
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 1999

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown (2015)
      It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown
      7.1
      TV Special
      • camera operator (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 2015
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Biography (1987)
      Biography
      7.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • camera
      • 1995–2004
    • Sylvia Chase, Michel Martin, Michele Mitchell, Bill Moyers, Christopher Shays, David Brancaccio, Peter Singer, Robert W. McChesney, Christine Todd Whitman, Kevin Phillips, Tom DeLay, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Piot, Peter Mugyenyi, Maria Hinojosa, Janice Crouse, Linda Uvari, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in Now on PBS (2002)
      Now on PBS
      6.6
      TV Series
      • field camera
      • 2002–2003
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1997–2002
    • HBO First Look (1992)
      HBO First Look
      6.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Chuck Barbie)
      • 2002
    • Vanished: The Cold Case of Kathie Durst
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2001
    • Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want (2000)
      Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
      7.4
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2000
    • 60 Minutes (1968)
      60 Minutes
      7.4
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 1974–1995
    • Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)
      The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • camera operator: Los Angeles
      • 1990
    • Clint, 'the Rookie' & Me (1990)
      Clint, 'the Rookie' & Me
      7.3
      TV Short
      • camera operator (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 1990
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 1990
    • Bill Moyers in A World of Ideas (1988)
      A World of Ideas
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 1988
    • Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis, Kevin Pollak, Jean Marsh, and Rick Overton in Willow (1988)
      Willow: The Making of an Adventure
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • camera operator (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 1988
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • lighting technician
      • 1988

    Producer

    • Wild West Country
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2011
    • The Olympic Champions and Challengers
      TV Special
      • co-producer
      • 1976
    • More Travels with Flip
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1976
    • Travels with Flip
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1975
    • The Making of 'Silent Running' (1972)
      The Making of 'Silent Running'
      7.6
      • producer (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 1972
    • Hot Dog (1970)
      Hot Dog
      6.2
      TV Series
      • associate producer (as Chuck Barbee)
      • 1970

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Charles Barbee
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