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Charlie Picerni
Homepage
http://charliepicerni.com/
Known For
Crew
Birthday
1935-12-19,Queens, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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".

Filmography

Margin for Murder

5.5

Margin for Murder
1981-10-15

0

Sizzle
1981-11-29

Hot Summer Week

2

Hot Summer Week
1972-06-21

6

Two of a Kind
1983-12-13

6.4

Shamus
1973-01-31

Star Spangled Girl

5.2

Star Spangled Girl
1971-12-22

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.2

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26

0

Matt Helm
1975-05-07

The Don Is Dead

5.9

The Don Is Dead
1973-11-14

3.5

Cannon
1971-03-26

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

0

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981-05-20

7.076

True Lies
1994-07-15

6.105

Earthquake
1974-11-15

7.793

Die Hard
1988-07-15

6.776

Westworld
1973-08-15

6.2

Evil Roy Slade
1972-02-18

Murder Me, Murder You

6.6

Murder Me, Murder You
1983-04-09

6.4

Rapid Fire
1992-08-21

6.4

Batman
1966-07-30

6.7

The Letters
1973-03-03

5.1

The Mad Bomber
1973-04-01

The Baltimore Bullet

5.9

The Baltimore Bullet
1980-04-01

Stunts Unlimited

0

Stunts Unlimited
1980-01-04

5.4

Fuzz
1972-07-14

5.3

Demonic
2015-02-12

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

0

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988-01-01

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

6.7

The Magician
1973-10-02

6.7

The Magician
1973-10-02

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

Mission: Impossible

7.609

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

7.549

Knight Rider
1982-09-26

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

Mission: Impossible

7.609

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

Charlie's Angels

6.646

Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22

6.9

Kojak
1973-10-24

Mission: Impossible

7.609

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

The Mike Douglas Show

4.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Name of the Game

6.8

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

5

Chopper One
1974-01-17

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

6.9

Kojak
1973-10-24

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

Starsky & Hutch

7.243

Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10

6.3

T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13

The Incredible Hulk

7.2

The Incredible Hulk
1977-11-04

7.8

Emergency!
1972-01-22

The Incredible Hulk

7.2

The Incredible Hulk
1977-11-04

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

It Takes a Thief

7

It Takes a Thief
1968-01-09

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

The Wild Wild West

7.5

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

5

Barbary Coast
1975-09-08

5

Barbary Coast
1975-09-08

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

7.8

Emergency!
1972-01-22

Mission: Impossible

7.609

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

The Wild Wild West

7.5

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

Starsky & Hutch

7.243

Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10

The Untouchables

7.8

The Untouchables
1959-10-15