Biography

A graduate in Film from Columbia College, is an accomplished Director who was honored by the American Film Institute right out of college as one of the Most Promising Filmmakers. He began his career with award winning educational films and documentaries. In the past ten years he turn to mainstream cinema with a solid track record encompassing a diverse slate, from thrillers to drams, action-adventure to family films and comedies.

In the early 1990s, Charr made "Under Lock and Key", "Caged Hearts" and "Cell Block Sisters" - a trilogy of action films. The three films are on TV almost every week even today.

In the mid-90', Charr shifted his focus to family films, winning immediate acclaim. "My Uncle: The Alien" was a Selection at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Films. Domestically, it was broadcast on HBO, Showtime and has been on Television even today.

In 1997, Charr created and Executive Produced "Hollywood Safari", a 22-episode TV series for the whole family based on his successful film of the same title which he wrote, produced and directed.

Charr follow up with a children's film called Little Heroes, a rip-roaring action comedy about two amazing dogs. Televised on "Animal Planet" as the "Movie of the Month" to big ratings, the film was so popular there was an immediate demand for two sequels.

In 2002, Charr produced and directed the Action-Adventure Disaster film "Wildfire", which has received great reviews in The New York Times as an "Edge of your seat adventure".

Charr's talent as a director is once again demonstrated in his latest productions, "Abe & Bruno" a Family Adventure Comedy about a Motion Picture Trainer that lives with his best friend, a 600 pound Gorilla, and Heart of Fear a heart warming Suspense Drama of a female FBI agent that overcomes all odds to save a little boy who losses his mother on a brutal murder.

In 2010, Charr directed "The Secret of Hidden Pines" a Comedy about a couple that finds a babe Bigfoot in the woods they adopt him. Fourteen years later. The teen age Bigfoot is the smartest kid in school he talks and plays games. Trouble begging's when the Mayor of the town wants to capture him and put him in a zoo. Following year, Charr completes the production of "I Love Your Moves" (2011) a teen age musical-drama dealing with a group of teens that find friendship, and a purpose to fallow their dreams through dancing in a Ballroom dance competition.

"Stepping High" (2013) recently completed and released theatrically to great success. The story of an Americanized Middle Eastern girl who puts her passion for dance before family and anything else in her life. After many failed auditions she stumbles upon an opportunity to teach at a High School. She becomes re-energized. She opens the kids' eyes and minds to dance as a powerful tool for social change.. Race, class, culture . Not everyone likes her progressive ideas. When she introduces them to her belly-ballroom style, tensions escalate.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jess J. Mancilla