Larry Charles

Larry Charles

Birth : 1956-02-20, Brooklyn, New York, USA

History

Larry Charles (born February 20, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known as a staff writer for the American sitcom Seinfeld for its first 5 seasons, contributing some of the show's darkest and most absurd storylines. He has also directed the films Borat, Religulous, Brüno, and The Dictator. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Charles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Larry Charles

Movies

Army of One
Army of One
Interviewer
Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased from a home-shopping network, Gary travels to Pakistan to complete his mission. While on his quest, Gary encounters old friends back home in Colorado, the new friends he makes in Pakistan, the enemies he makes at the CIA - and even God and Osama themselves.
Army of One
Army of One
Director
Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased from a home-shopping network, Gary travels to Pakistan to complete his mission. While on his quest, Gary encounters old friends back home in Colorado, the new friends he makes in Pakistan, the enemies he makes at the CIA - and even God and Osama themselves.
The Dictator
The Dictator
Director
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Brüno
Brüno
Director
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
Religulous
Religulous
Self
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.
Religulous
Religulous
Director
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Director
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
Seinfeld: How It Began
Seinfeld: How It Began
A documentary detailing the troubled beginnings of “the show about nothing”.
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous
Director
Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous
Writer
Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Himself
Mock documentary about Seinfeld writer Larry David featuring contributions from his friends and colleagues. Larry makes a return to stand-up comedy and prepares to film a television special for HBO. This is the original special that gave birth to the long-running award-winning HBO series.
Fucking Identical Twins
Fucking Identical Twins
Director
The movie follows two business rivals who realize they're identical twin brothers and decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents.
Fucking Identical Twins
Fucking Identical Twins
Director
Two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again.