Charles Braverman

Filmes

Ingelore
Speech Therapist
The life of Ingelore Herz Honigstein, a deaf Holocaust survivor whose disability provides her with a distinctly unique perspective on the events of World War II and the Third Reich.
Abused
Director
The emotionally charged story of Susan Greenberg who, at 19, killed her abusive boyfriend. After 19 years in prison, she seeks to have her sentence overturned based on a California state law that allows women convicted of murder to ask a judge for release based on evidence of "Battered Woman Syndrome."
Curtain Call
Director
Curtain Call is the unforgettable story of eight remarkable residents of the Actors' Fund Retirement Home. No ordinary nursing home, these residents are still full of vitality as they recall tales of Broadway's golden age, and what they have done with their lives. Dramatically told by award winning director Chuck Braverman, the film was nominated for an Academy Award.
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
Director
Chronicling the short but eventful life of Hank Gathers (played by Donny B. Lord as a child and Victor Love as a young adult), this fact-based drama chronicles the hoopster's rise from the inner city of Philadelphia to a starring role on Loyola Marymount's basketball team before a heart condition cut his career short. Nell Carter plays Hank's supportive mom, and George Kennedy portrays a neighborhood priest who inspired the boy.
A Irmandade da Justiça
Director
Derek e Victor são dois jovens que cairam na armadilha do crime. Tudo começou quando alguns marginais se aproximaram do círculo de amigos de Derek, que retaliaram formando um grupo de vigilância afim de conter a criminalidade em seu bairro. O grupo foi chamado de Irmandade da Justiça, que começou uma luta para manter os traficantes e delinquentes longes de seu convivio social. No começo a Irmandade é vista com bons olhos pela sociedade, porém com o seu crescimento o grupo ganha poder, gerando corrupção, vingança e violência, ao invés de proporcionar segurança.
Prince of Bel Air
Director
A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner (Mark Harmon) finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest (Kirstie Alley). Robert Vaughn also appears as Alley's uncle.
Hit and Run
Director
Still grieving his young wife's death in a hit-and-run accident, Manhattan cab-driver David Marks accepts a regular evening assignment to drive a beautiful but enigmatic woman to a mansion outside New York. One night he tries to discover the truth behind his mystery fare; but in doing so finds himself wanted for a murder he didn't commit. There follows his frantic hunt to uncover the truth behind the murder: the action moves to the streets of New York as the police scour the city in pursuit. But the cab drivers of Manhattan join forces to aid the desperate fugitive, until the solution is finally revealed in a sudden and bizarre end to the mystery.
Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall
Producer
Andy Kaufman's legendary sold-out Carnegie Hall performance, featuring all of Kaufman's classic routines, including Foreign Man, Elvis, conga drums, plus Andy wrestling women and even taking on a real male wrestler! Also appearing is a menagerie of Kaufman's collection of human oddities, including the infamous Tony Clifton, The Love Family (a sub-Partridge Family singing group who do a bang-up version of "The Age of Aquarius" complete with synchronized dance movements), Grant Bowman the "Happy New Year Man" (straight from Times Square, where Andy found him), "cowgirl" Eleanor Cody Gould and an uncredited, surprise big name guest as Andy’s grandmother. Bob Zmuda appears as Andy's referee, and at the end of the show, Andy takes the entire audience out for milk and cookies.
Nixon: Checkers to Watergate
Director
A documentary film which traces the political life of Richard M. Nixon, using footage from his campaigns, family home movies, and excerpts from his speeches
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
Director
Photos, animation, and music illustrate the story of the Beatles.
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Director
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
The Sixties
Director
Braverman presents a collage of the events and personalities of the 1960's, both political and social. Includes President Kennedy on the Berlin Wall, Martin Luther King on racism, Vietnam demonstrations, and the Beatles
An American Time Capsule
Director
An iconographic film that uses over 1300 images to relate the history of the United States in just 3 minutes.
6-18-67
Cinematography
6-18-67 is a short quasi-documentary film by George Lucas regarding the making of the Columbia film “Mackenna's Gold”. This non-story, non-character visual tone poem is made up of nature imagery, time-lapse photography, and the subtle sounds of the Arizona desert.