About
Chuck Braverman has run his own successful production company, been a senior studio executive, a college professor and Chair of the Film Department, the director of many television episodes, several MOW’s and an indie feature film. He is the Executive Producer and Director of the current two hour network documentary “The Secret OJ Tapes: The Untold Story" and Executive Producer of “OJ Speaks: The Hidden Tapes.”
Two time Emmy winner Braverman has been nominated four times by the Directors Guild of America and won the DGA award for best feature documentary "High School Boot Camp" and was nominated for an Academy Award® for "Curtain Call." In the last few years Chuck has produced for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, A&E, Lifetime Movie Network, Discovery Times, HBO, TLC, Court TV, MSNBC, and Discovery Health and is currently the executive producer on two new feature documentaries "Tempest Storm" and “The Immortalists." In addition he was the co founder and managing director of The Westdoc Conference for documentary and reality filmmakers.
After graduating from the Cinema Department at the University of Southern California, one of Chuck’s first projects was the history of the USA in three minutes. "American Time Capsule," the fast cut montage became an instant film classic and the largest selling educational film. Braverman Productions was born and Chuck produced many films and commercials for major clients including Xerox, Chevrolet, Goodyear, Kodak and more. Corporate films for Apple, Seagrams, Atlantic Records followed and David Bowie, Paul McCartney, ELO, Bob Seeger and many others hired Chuck to produce and direct their music videos. "What's Up America!" the Showtime documentary series was shot across the country and “The Big Laff Off” was the next Showtime series featuring then unknown comics Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld and more. Network television specials with stars Willie Nelson, Andy Kaufman, and Tony Bennett followed.
Chuck produced and directed his first dramatic feature film the New York film noir thriller "Hit and Run" and directed episodic television shows including St. Elsewhere, Crazy Like a Fox, Life Goes On, Baywatch, Hercules, Beverly Hills 90210. Movies of the week include stars Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland.
(EXECUTIVE) PRODUCER
OJ Speaks: The Hidden Tapes A&E Two hour Documentary
Tempest Storm 2016 Feature Documentary
The Immortalists 2015 Feature Documentary
Weed Wars 2012 Discovery Ch series
Twisted Sisters 2010 MSNBC Special
American Pitbull Docu Special
A Revolving Door Oscar short list HBO
Debutantes Special A&E
Queen For A Day Fox Synd pilot
Biography of Oscar® Two Hour special A&E
Prison Medical Special Discovery Ch
Sextuplets Special Discovery Health
Season of the Grizzly Special Animal Planet
Making Marines 3 Hours Discovery Channel
Parris Island Drill Instructors Special Discovery Channel
Original Gangster Special TLC
Hollywood On Hollywood Film Montage Intrl Design Conf in Aspen
Look Back In Anger Showtime Starring Malcolm McDowall
Andy Kaufman at Carnegie Hall Special
What’s Up America Showtime series (31 hours)
The Big Laff Off Showtime series Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld
DTV Disney series (60 Shows) Ace Award
DIRECTOR
Twister Attraction Universal City Florida
Hercules Synd Universal TV
Bay Watch Synd All American TV
Northern Exposure CBS Falsey/Brand/Universal
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story 2 Hr MOW Alexander Enright/Tribune Ent.
Melrose Place Fox Aaron Spelling multiple eps
Beverly Hills 90210 Fox Aaron Spelling Prods nine episodes
Gabriel’s Fire ABC Warner Bros
Freddy’s Nightmares Synd Lorimare Telepictures
FBI: The Untold Stories ABC Pilot The Arthur Company
Prince of Bel Air 2 Hr ABC MOW Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley
Brotherhood of Justice 2 Hr ABC MOW Kiefer Sutherland, Keanu Reeves
Life Goes On ABC Warner Bros TV multiple episodes
Freddy's Nightmares Synd Lorimar
The Wizard ABC 20th Century Fox
Shadow Chasers ABC Warner Bros TV
Rags to Riches NBC Len Hill Prods.
Sledge Hammer! ABC New World multiple episodes
New Mike Hammer CBS Columbia TV
St. Elsewhere NBC MTM multiple episodes
Crazy Like A Fox CBS Columbia Television multiple
Kenny Rogers' America CBS Special Ken Kragen Prods
Birth & Babies ABC Special DGA Nominee/Best Director
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Secret OJ Tapes 2 Hr Special Lifetime Movie Network
Suspect Pilot Court TV
Abused Oscar® short list A&E Special
Caught In The Moment One Hour Pilot Animal Planet
When Planes Go Down Special Discovery Channel
Bottom of the Ninth DGA Nom Indie Documentary
High School Boot Camp DGA WINNER Discovery Channel 2 hr
Children of the Court DGA Nom Discovery Channel
Curtain Call Oscar® Nominee HBO/Cinemax
Hit and Run Feature Film Comworld Pictures
Hello, I Must Be Going - A Salute To Groucho Ha Channel Special
Richard Lewis I'm In Pain Concert Showtime Special
Boy Meets Girl HBO Special starring Billy Crystal
Willie Nelson at Lake Tahoe Showtime Special
Teddy Pendergrass Plays Tahoe Showtime Special
Tony Bennett Sings Showtime Special
Roadshow NBC Special Stars, John Candy, Tom Waits
American Time Capsule Smothers Bros history of the USA in 3 minutes
Two Cops Award winning documentary
The Making of Beatlemania Emmy nominee Syndicated special
The Television Newsman Emmy winning special
Breathe a Sigh of Relief Emmy winning special
Oscars' First Fifty Years For the Mot. Pic. Acad. with Jack Lemmon