Charlie Picerni

Crew • Queens, New York, USA • Born December 19, 1935

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".

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Charlie Picerni

Filmography (125)

The Naked Gun

Caught Stealing

Megalopolis

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Samaritan

F9

Bad Boys for Life

Greenland

Honest Thief

21 Bridges

Venom

The Fate of the Furious

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Independence Day: Resurgence

Demonic

Fantastic Four

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Nightcrawler

22 Jump Street

Need for Speed

Prisoners

Getaway

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Transit

Arthur

Colombiana

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

Takers

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Meet Dave

Rush Hour 3

Evan Almighty

Déjà Vu

Paparazzi

Torque

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

Bad Boys II

Daredevil

A Man Apart

Hollywood Homicide

National Security

xXx

Showtime

Slackers

Jason X

The Fast and the Furious

Training Day

Impostor

15 Minutes

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Stigmata

The Mod Squad

Enemy of the State

Armageddon

The Siege

The Negotiator

A Night at the Roxbury

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

MouseHunt

Fire Down Below

Double Team

Trojan War

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Mars Attacks!

The Fan

Maximum Risk

2 Days in the Valley

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Se7en

Heat

Vampire in Brooklyn

The Babysitter

Fair Game

True Lies

Beverly Hills Cop III

Street Fighter