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Charlie Picerni

Charlie Picerni

Charlie Picerni was born in Corona Queens, New York. The fourth of five children to Italian parents. After high school, he worked different jobs, one being construction work on high-rise buildings in Manhattan. He married, at a young age, his childhood girlfriend, Marie. He had a son after one year of marriage and decided he didn't want to work in construction, anymore. So, he headed west to try his luck in the movie business! His brother, Paul Picerni, was an actor on a hit TV show at that time called "The Untouchables (1959)". Charlie worked as a stand-in, an extra and started doing stunt double work. Charlie immediately fell in love with this work and moved his family to California. Charlie excelled as a stuntman and then moved up to stunt-coordinating TV shows. He got his big break on "Starsky and Hutch (1975)", he was the stunt coordinator and Paul Michael Glaser's stunt double. Aaron Spelling and Duke Vincent saw what direction Charlie was heading in - Directing"! He started second unit-directing "Starsky and Hutch (1975)" and then moved up to directing episodes of "Starsky". He continued stunt-coordinating and second unit-directing such shows as "Kojak (1973)" and "Magnum, P.I. (1980)". He then started directing television for producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg and Stephen J. Cannell, for such shows as "T.J. Hooker (1982)", "Matt Houston (1982)", "Vega$ (1978)", "Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)", "Hunter (1984)", "Stingray (1985)", "Finder of Lost Loves (1984)", "The A-Team (1983)", "J.J. Starbuck (1987)", "Spenser: For Hire (1985)", "Blue Thunder (1984)", "Gavilan (1982)" and HBO's "Tales from the Crypt (1989)". At that time, Charlie caught Warner Brothers producer Joel Silver's eye. Joel hired Charlie to stunt-coordinate "Die Hard (1988)". This led to second unit-directing and stunt-coordinating on the films, "Die Hard 2 (1990)", "Road House (1989)", "Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)" & "Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)", "Hudson Hawk (1991)", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)", "The Last Boy Scout (1991)", "Demolition Man (1993)", "Ghost (1990)", "Ricochet (1991)", "Basic Instinct (1992)", "A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)", "True Romance (1993)", "2 Days in the Valley (1996)", "15 Minutes (2001)" and many more. Charlie also, during this time, directed multiple episodes on a TV series, called "Seven Days (1998)", for Paramount studios. Charlie also worked as an actor in many TV and film projects throughout his career. Realizing he wanted to further his career as a director, he studied at the "Beverly Hills Playhouse" in the Master class for two years. In 2007, he directed, produced and co-wrote a feature film entitled "Three Days to Vegas (2007)", starring Peter Falk, Rip Torn and George Segal. In 2010, Charlie directed Ayn Rand's play, "Night of January 16th", at the Odyssey Theatre to rave reviews! While continuing to work in all avenues of the motion picture business, he is developing and writing his own project called "Spaghetti Park", which he will produce and direct. Charlie is a proud member of "The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences".

Personal information

Birthday

1935-12-19

Birth Place

Queens, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

Barbary Coast

1975

5.0

TV
Batman

Batman

1966

6.4

Movie
Cannon

Cannon

1971

3.5

Movie
poster

Charlie's Angels

1976

6.7

TV
poster

Chopper One

1974

5.0

TV
Demonic

Demonic

2015

5.3

Movie
Die Hard

Die Hard

1988

7.8

Movie
Earthquake

Earthquake

1974

6.1

Movie
poster

Emergency!

1972

7.8

TV
Evil Roy Slade

Evil Roy Slade

1972

6.2

Movie
Fuzz

Fuzz

1972

5.4

Movie
Hot Summer Week

Hot Summer Week

1972

2.0

Movie
poster

It Takes a Thief

1968

7.0

TV
poster

Knight Rider

1982

7.6

TV
poster

Kojak

1973

6.9

TV
poster

Mannix

1967

6.7

TV
Margin for Murder

Margin for Murder

1981

5.5

Movie
Matt Helm

Matt Helm

1975

0.0

Movie
poster

Mission: Impossible

1966

7.6

TV
Murder Me, Murder You

Murder Me, Murder You

1983

6.6

Movie
Rapid Fire

Rapid Fire

1992

6.4

Movie
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

1981

0.0

Movie
Shamus

Shamus

1973

6.4

Movie
Sizzle

Sizzle

1981

0.0

Movie
Star Spangled Girl

Star Spangled Girl

1971

5.2

Movie
poster

Starsky & Hutch

1975

7.2

TV
Stunts Unlimited

Stunts Unlimited

1980

0.0

Movie
poster

T. J. Hooker

1982

6.3

TV
The Baltimore Bullet

The Baltimore Bullet

1980

5.9

Movie
The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973

5.9

Movie
poster

The Incredible Hulk

1977

7.2

TV
The Letters

The Letters

1973

6.7

Movie
The Mad Bomber

The Mad Bomber

1973

5.1

Movie
poster

The Magician

1973

6.7

TV
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
poster

The Name of the Game

1968

6.8

TV
poster

The Untouchables

1959

7.9

TV
poster

The Wild Wild West

1965

7.6

TV
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen

1988

0.0

Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

7.2

Movie
True Lies

True Lies

1994

7.1

Movie
Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

1983

5.9

Movie
Westworld

Westworld

1973

6.8

Movie