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Chuck Parello


Writer/Director Chuck Parello, a Chicago native and graduate of the city's Columbia College, had been running director John McNaughton's development company for over three years when he was hired to write a sequel to McNaughton's chilling cult classic Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer for a Chicago-based film company... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 Dr. 420 (video short) (writer)
 
2004 The Hillside Strangler (written by)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2013 Powder Burns (producer) (in production)
 
2012 Dr. 420 (video short) (producer)
 
2007 Death and Taxis (executive producer)
 
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1994 Girls in Prison (TV movie) (assistant: John McNaughton - as Charles Parello)
 
1993 Mad Dog and Glory (assistant: Mr. McNaughton and Mr. Jones)
 
1991 Cape Fear (production assistant)
 
1989 The Many Faces of Bond (video documentary) (researcher)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1993 Mad Dog and Glory
Frank's Gang
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2006 American Pets (video short) (special thanks)
 
2003 American Storytellers (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1989 Death Scenes (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2005 Portrait: The Making of 'Henry' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (TV special documentary)
Himself
 

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Writer/Director Chuck Parello's reel -- Select clips from three of Writer/Director Chuck Parello's disquieting true crime thrillers including: THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER starring C. Thomas Howell and Nicholas Turturro, ED GEIN starring Steve Railsback and Carrie Snodgress and HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER 2 starring Neil Giuntoli and Kate Walsh.  Watch out for Chuck's upcoming film POWDER BURNS.  Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 -- Open-ended Trailer from Majesco Ed Gein -- The story of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made things out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies like beef sides.
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Chuck attributes his interest in gangsters and true crime to his upbringing in Oak Park, Illinois (a western suburb of Chicago) where he lived on the same block as infamous mobsters Sam "Momo" Giancana and Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who was the inspiration for Joe Pesci's sadistic character in Martin Scorsese's film "Casino.". See more »