Here is the biography of Charr:
Charr, a graduate of Columbia College with a degree in Film, is an accomplished Director who was honored by the American Film Institute as one of the Most Promising Filmmakers right out of college. He began his career with award-winning educational films and documentaries, and over the past ten years has shifted his focus to mainstream cinema with a solid track record encompassing a diverse slate of films, including thrillers, dramas, action-adventure films, family films, and comedies.
In the early 1990s, Charr made a trilogy of action films, including "Under Lock and Key", "Caged Hearts", and "Cell Block Sisters", which are still broadcast on TV almost every week today. He then shifted his focus to family films, winning immediate acclaim with "My Uncle: The Alien", which was a Selection at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Films and 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. He followed up with a children's film called "Little Heroes", a rip-roaring action comedy about two amazing dogs, which was televised on "Animal Planet" as the "Movie of the Month" to big ratings and was so popular that there was an immediate demand for two sequels.
In 2002, Charr produced and directed the Action-Adventure Disaster film "Wildfire", which 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, including "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 who overcomes all odds to save a little boy who loses his mother in a brutal murder.
In 2010, Charr directed "The Secret of Hidden Pines", a Comedy about a couple that finds a baby Bigfoot in the woods and adopts him. Fourteen years later, the teenage Bigfoot is the smartest kid in school who talks and plays games. Trouble begins when the Mayor of the town wants to capture him and put him in a zoo. The following year, Charr completed the production of "I Love Your Moves" (2011),a teenage musical-drama dealing with a group of teens who find friendship and a purpose to follow their dreams through dancing in a Ballroom dance competition.
Charr's most recent film is "Stepping High" (2013),which was recently released theatrically to great success. The story follows 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, and becomes re-energized. She opens the kids' eyes and minds to dance as a powerful tool for social change, including issues of race, class, and culture. Not everyone likes her progressive ideas, and when she introduces them to her belly-ballroom style, tensions escalate.
