Charles Dell "Chuck" Braverman (born March 3, 1944, in

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maker and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject for his

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''; he was also nominated for three

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s for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary (

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), winning in 2000 for ''High School Boot Camp''. He has also directed episodes of several major television series, including ''

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'' as well as television films such as the '' Prince of Bel Air'' and '' Brotherhood of Justice'' starring

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Biography

Personal life

Braverman is the son of television producer, Herb Braverman (died 1958), and actress Kendall Carly Browne. His brother is actor Bart Braverman. Braverman graduated from the

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in 1967.Notable Alumni
, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Accessed March 10, 2008.

Career

Among his earliest efforts was an animated short film called ''An American Time Capsule'' set to a recording of "The Charge" from the album ''Beat That #?!* Drum'' by famous drummer Sandy Nelson (the film credits only cite the album name, not the actual title of the song). The film was composed of hundreds of short clips of art and photos (graphics animation) depicting 200 years of American history in two and a half minutes. This film was originally seen on ''

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'' on the

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network in 1968. The Smothers Brothers commissioned a second film from Braverman about the year 1968 for their final 1969 season. (Both films were included on the ''Smothers Brother Comedy Hour'' DVDs, and ''An American Time Capsule'' can be viewed on the Internet Archive.) In 1971–72, Braverman made a 12-minute film about the history of

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called "Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles", first seen on

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's "Good Night America" television show for ABC. The film used mostly animated graphics, but also features some short live action clips, including a cameo by Rivera interviewing

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about his American citizenship troubles. The film was distributed in 16mm by Pyramid Films in the 1970s, but so far has never been officially released on video. Braverman produced the opening sequence to the 1973 film ''

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'' in the same style of ''American Time Capsule''. In the 1980s, he produced '' D-TV'' for

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Filmography

* ''American Time Capsule'' (1968) * ''World of 68'' (1969) * ''Television Land'' (1971) * ''Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles'' (1974) * ''Trader Vic's Used Cars'' (1975) * ''Nixon: Checkers to Watergate'' (1976) * ''Peanuts to the Presidency'' (1977) Peanuts to the Presidency-Internet Archive
/ref> * '' Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story'' (1992) * ''High School Boot Camp'' (2000) * ''

'' (2000) * ''Rocky and Rolanda'' (2001) * ''Bottom of the Ninth'' (2002)

References

External links

* * '' An American Time Capsule'' on The Internet Archive alongside other films by Braverman Productions
Charles Braverman on Vimeo
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