Henri Charr

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Henri Charr, also credited as H. Charr,[1] is an Assyrian filmmaker[2] born in Iran and living in Southern California. 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.

Filmography

As director

  • Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983), aka Island Fury (USA: video title)[3]
  • Fatal Encounter (1990)[4]
  • Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993)[5]
  • Under Lock and Key (1995)[6]
  • Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995), aka Banished Behind Bars[7]
  • Caged Hearts (1995)[8]
  • Wild Fire (1995)[9]
  • My Uncle the Alien (1996)[10]
  • Hollywood Safari (1997)[11]
  • Little Heroes (1999)[12]
  • Little Heroes 2 (2000)[13]
  • Little Heroes 3 (2002), aka Les Petits héros III (Canada: French title: TV title), aka Top Dogs: Little Heroes 3 (UK)[14]
  • Abe & Bruno (2006) (TV)[15]
  • Heart of Fear (2006)[16]
  • Forbidden Border (2009)[17]
  • I Love Your Moves (2012)[18]
  • The Big Goofy Secret of Hidden Pines (2013)[19]
  • Stepping High (2013)[20]

As writer

  • Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) (story)[5]
  • Under Lock and Key (1995) (story)[6]
  • Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995) (story), aka Banished Behind Bars[7]
  • Caged Hearts (1995) (story)[8]
  • My Uncle the Alien (1996) (story)[10]
  • Little Heroes 3 (2002) (story) Les Petits héros III (Canada: French title: TV title), aka Top Dogs: Little Heroes 3 (UK)[14]
  • Wild Fire (film) (2003)[9]
  • Abe & Bruno (2006) (TV)[15]
  • Heart of Fear (2006) (story)[16]

As producer

  • Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) (executive producer)[5]
  • Caged Hearts (1995) (executive producer)[8]
  • Under Lock and Key (1995) (executive producer)[6]
  • Hollywood Safari (2001) TV Series (executive producer)[11]
  • Heart of Fear (2006) (producer)[16]

As production manager

  • 3 Little Ninjas and the Lost Treasure (1990) (post-production supervisor), aka Little Ninjas (USA: video title)[21]

As sound effects director

  • Savage Harbor (1987) (sound effects editor) (credited as H. Charr), aka Death Feud (USA: new title), aka Raggedy Anne, aka Slammers (USA)[22]

See also

  • List of Assyrians

References

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