Charles Band
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Charles Band is a prolific writer, producer, director and publisher of films in the horror, science fiction, fantasy and comedy genres. He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1951, the son of producer and director Albert Band and brother of composer Richard Band. Band is best known for his work with Empire Pictures and Full Moon Features, producing films such as Ghoulies, The Dungeonmaster, Terrorvision, Re-Animator, From Beyond, Puppetmaster, Doctor Mordrid, Subspecies, Pit and the Pendulum, Castle Freak and many more. He was also instrumental in ushering in the home video boom of the early 1980s with his companies Meda (later renamed Media Home Entertainment) and Wizard Video. Band continues to make and distribute movies, with many of his classic Full Moon pictures available on his Full Moon Streaming channel and Full Moon Amazon channel, as well as hundreds of his own and other filmmakers movies on DVD and Blu-ray via Full Moon Direct.
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Who is it? Producer, Director, Writer
Birth Day December 27, 1951
Birth Place  Los Angeles, California, United States
Age 72 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Capricorn
Other names Carlo Bokino Robert Talbot James Amante
Occupation Film producer, film director
Years active 1973–present
Spouse(s) Meda Band (?–198?) Debra Dion (1984–2004)
Children 4
Website charlesband.com

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Charles Band is a prominent figure in the United States film industry, renowned for his outstanding talent as a producer, director, and writer. As of 2024, his net worth is estimated to be between $100,000 and $1 million. With a stellar career spanning several decades, Band has earned significant recognition and success for his contributions to the world of cinema, establishing himself as a highly skilled and innovative filmmaker. His remarkable achievements have undoubtedly contributed to his substantial net worth, solidifying his position as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry.

Biography/Timeline

1970

Starting in the 1970s, Band formed Charles Band Productions. Dissatisfied with distributors' handling of his films, Band created Empire Pictures in the early 1980s. Through Empire, he could produce and distribute his films ensuring proper distribution and return on profits. Empire entered the video market with Wizard Video during this time, which released films by others in addition to Empire product. At the height of its run, Empire produced 12 theatrical and 12 direct-to-video films a year. Wizard produced two games for the Atari 2600 in 1982: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween based on the films of the same names and both quite controversial at the time for the levels of violence. Citing the fall of the Italian lira, the Rome-based Empire closed its doors in the late 1980s and Band returned to the States. There he formed Full Moon Productions which was quickly changed to Full Moon Entertainment and later became Full Moon Studios and Full Moon Features before settling on the current Full Moon Pictures.

1994

During this time, Band produced exclusively with Paramount Home Video before parting ways with that company in 1994. Since then, Full Moon has been an independent company, producing and distributing solely for the home market. Notable side companies have included Moonbeam Entertainment, Filmonsters, Action Xtreme, and Pulsepounders all of which produced films aimed at kids and tweens as well as Torchlight Entertainment and Surrender Cinema which produced soft-core films for the adult market. In addition, Monster Island Entertainment produced low-budget "man in a rubber suit" Monster movies, Alchemy Entertainment later Big City Pictures created urban horror, and Pulp Fantasy Productions specialized in non Full Moon type horror. For a short time in the early 2000s, Full Moon became Shadow Entertainment when Band felt the company's product had strayed too far from the brand that he had created. During this time, many of the films were produced by J. R. Bookwalter's Tempe Entertainment. Since 2004, Band has taken a more active hand in the company, producing and directing almost every film released. In 2004, the Wizard Video line was reintroduced.

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