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A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Chuck Fries graduated from Ohio State University, where he also received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. After serving in various production and administrative capacities in the entertainment industry, he became vice-president in charge of production for Screen Gems, the Columbia Pictures Television arm and subsequently became Vice President in charge of feature film produotion/administration for the parent company where he worked with the top producers and directors in the industry. As executive vice president in charge of production for Metromedia Producers Corporation, Fries assumed the production reins and produced and/or supervised some thirty movies for television, nine television series, and five theatrical films. Though in 1974, he founded Alpine Productions. He eventually later become Charles Fries Productions in the November of the year. Fries is considered the "godfather" of the television movie. Known for producing many issue-oriented movies for television, Fries programs include: "Small Sacrifices" starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, "The Neon Empire", a three-hour epic saga starring Ray Sharkey, Martin Landau and Gary Busey; "Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean", starring Suzanne Pleshette and Lloyd Bridges; "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury starring Rock Hudson, and "Woman on the Ledge" with Deidre Hall and "Deadly Web" with Gigi Rice and Ed Marinaro. Theatrical motion pictures produced under the Fries banner include Paul Schraeder's The Cat People, a Universal release starring Natassja Kinski, and Malcolm McDowell; Out of Bounds, a Fries production starring Anthony Michael Hall, released by Columbia Pictures; Thrashin' distributed by New Line Cinema Corporation: Flowers in the Attic, a highly successful co-production with New World; and Troop Beverly Hills, starring Sheliy Long and Craig T. Nelson for Weintraub Entertainment- His most recent production, Screamers is a major Sci-Fi film starring Peter Weller. Fries has been and continues to be integrally involved in the entertainment industry at large. At the American Film Institute he is a member of its Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. He established the Charles W. Fries Producer of the Year Award at the institute to encourage quality television programming. Recipients of the award are Dan Curtis, Edgar J. Scherick, Roger Gimbel, Suzanne de Passe and Stan Margulies. The Ava and Charles Fries Foundation also established the Charles W Fries Library at the AFI in Los Angeles. The library is intended to be a collection of groundbreaking, historically significant material and will include scripts. production records and video copies of each film. Fries is currently a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, where he serves as Secretary of the Foundation; the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and he is a member of the Board Of Directors of the Producer's Guild of America. He is also active at the Center Theatre Group through an association with a constituent group, Center Theate Group Affiliates. Fries is a former Chairman, having served for five terms, and presently on sabbatical from the Steering Committee of the Caucus of Producers, Writers and Directors, and his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is directly opposite Mann's Chinese Theater.- Producer
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Charles M. Fries was born on August 6, 1952 and is the eldest of seven siblings. Fries is a graduate of Occidental College where he majored in Economics and Philosophy, graduating in 1974 with honors. After graduating from Georgetown Law School in 1977, Fries was employed at Fries Entertainment, Inc. from 1977 to 1992 as Senior Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors. During Fries' tenure Fries Entertainment produced over 125 motion pictures and accumulated a library of 400 films which it distributed worldwide in all media. He is currently President and chief operating officer of Fries Film Group, Inc. ("FFG") a production / distribution company founded in June 1994. Among the completed pictures produced and / or distributed by FFG are: _Call of the Wild, The (1997)_ starring Rutgar Hauer; _For Hire (1998)_ starring Rob Lowe and Joe Mantegna; Wildflowers (1999) starring Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts and Clea Du Vall; _Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mist (2000)_ an animated feature with the voice talents of Brendan Fraser and Leonard Nimoy; _New Adventures of Pinocchio, The (2000)_ starring Martin Landau and Udo Kier; _LAPD: To Protect and to Serve (2001) (TV)_ starring Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen and Charles Durning; Time of Fear (2002) starring Nick Mancuso. Pictures in post production include: "Bandido" starring Carlos Gallardo, Angie Everhard, Matt Craven and Kim Coates; "Laguna" starring Joe Montegna, Emmanuel Seigner. Pictures in preproduction include _Alien Agent (2003)_ starring Mark Dacascos.
Fries is also president and principal shareholder in Santa Barbara Filmed Entertainment, a United States distribution company which owns and operates Santa Barbara Home Video. Charles M. Fries resides in Hidden Hills, California with his wife and four children.- Charles Fries IV is known for The Other Black Girl (2023).