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Charles Band

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  • Writer
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Charles Band
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Charles Band is a writer, producer, director and publisher. He was born on December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, as Charles Robert Band. His father was producer and director Albert Band and his brother is composer Richard Band.

Band has been writing, producing and directing films in the horror, science fiction, fantasy and comedy genres since the 1970s both for other company's and with his own studios, Empire Pictures and Full Moon Features. He was instrumental in ushering in the home video boom of the early 1980s with his companies Meda (later renamed Media Home Entertainment) and Wizard Video, the latter imprint which was responsible for being among the first entities to distribute European horror movies from such now celebrated filmmakers as Jess Franco and Lucio Fulci.

Band is perhaps best known for his work with Empire Pictures, making such pictures as Ghoulies, The Dungeonmaster, Terrorvision, Re-Animator and From Beyond and later, with Full Moon Features making films like Puppetmaster, Doctor Mordrid, Subspecies, Pit and the Pendulum, Castle Freak and many more.

Despite the changes in the home video and theatrical film marketplaces, Band has never stopped making and distributing movies. Many of his classic Full Moon pictures can be found on his Full Moon Streaming channel and now on the Full Moon Amazon channel. Band also distributes hundreds of his own and other filmmakers movies on DVD and Blu-ray via Full Moon Direct, along with a myriad toys and related Full Moon universe merchandise.

Recent Full Moon Features productions include Evil Bong High 5, Trophy Heads, Killjoy's Psycho Circus, Ravenwolf Towers and Puppetmaster: Axis Termination.
BornDecember 27, 1951
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BornDecember 27, 1951
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 3 nominations

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Charles Band, Danny Draven, and Chad Ridgely in Weedjies: Halloweed Night (2019)

Known for

Puppet Master (1989)
Puppet Master
5.5
Video
  • Producer
  • 1989
Trancers (1984)
Trancers
6.0
  • Producer
  • 1984
Sherilyn Fenn in Meridian (1990)
Meridian
4.9
Video
  • Producer
  • 1990
Jeffrey Combs in Doctor Mordrid (1992)
Doctor Mordrid
5.4
  • Producer
  • 1992

Credits

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Producer

  • Bride of the Head of the Family
    • producer
    • In Development
  • Demonic Toys: Jack in the Box
    • executive producer
    • In Production
  • Puppet Master: Furnace Leech Woman
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • The Primevals
    • producer
    • Post-production
  • Arrielle Edwards, Thea Munster, Ali Chappell, and Kate Gabriele in Parasite Lady (2023)
    Parasite Lady
    • executive producer
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Evil Edibles (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Evil Edibles
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Bloody Big Top (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Bloody Big Top
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Feast of Flesh (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Feast of Flesh
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Denice Duff, Anders Hove, and Kevin Spirtas in Subspecies V: Blood Rise (2023)
    Subspecies V: Blood Rise
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Vampire Bloodlust (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Vampire Bloodlust
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Critters, Carnivores and Creatures (2023)
    Critters, Carnivores and Creatures
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Tales of the Fantastic (2023)
    Tales of the Fantastic
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Deadly Dollies (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Deadly Dollies
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Videoverse: Mixtape (2023)
    Videoverse: Mixtape
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Dragon Tales (2023)
    Dragon Tales
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 2023
  • Haunted Hotties (2022)
    Haunted Hotties
    • executive producer
    • producer (as Rober Amante)
    • Video
    • 2022
  • The Resonator (2022)
    The Resonator
    • producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022

Director

  • Bride of the Head of the Family
    • Director
    • In Development
  • Carnage Collection: Evil Edibles (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Evil Edibles
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Feast of Flesh (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Feast of Flesh
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks
    • Director (uncredited)
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance
    • Director
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Vampire Bloodlust (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Vampire Bloodlust
    • Director
    • 2023
  • Critters, Carnivores and Creatures (2023)
    Critters, Carnivores and Creatures
    • Director
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection: Deadly Dollies (2023)
    Carnage Collection: Deadly Dollies
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror (2022)
    Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2022
  • Sonny Carl Davis, Robin Sydney, and Cody Renee Cameron in Evil Bong 888: Infinity High (2022)
    Evil Bong 888: Infinity High
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2022
  • Tommy Chong in Bad to the Bong: 16 Years of Ebee (2022)
    Bad to the Bong: 16 Years of Ebee
    • Director (uncredited)
    • Video
    • 2022
  • Famous T&A 2 (2022)
    Famous T&A 2
    • Director
    • 2022
  • The Seduction of Rose Parrish (2021)
    The Seduction of Rose Parrish
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Robin Sydney and Cody Renee Cameron in Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51 (2020)
    Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51
    • Director
    • 2020
  • Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King (2020)
    Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2020
  • Corona Zombies (2020)
    Corona Zombies
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2020

Writer

  • Ravenwolf Towers
    • original story by
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Puppet Master: Furnace Leech Woman
    • original story
    • Pre-production
  • Puppet Master: The Game (2023)
    Puppet Master: The Game
    • based on characters created by (uncredited)
    • Video Game
    • 2023
  • Clément Chevalier in The Gingerweed Man Goes to France (2022)
    The Gingerweed Man Goes to France
    • based on characters by
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Sonny Carl Davis, Robin Sydney, and Cody Renee Cameron in Evil Bong 888: Infinity High (2022)
    Evil Bong 888: Infinity High
    • original story by
    • Video
    • 2022
  • The Seduction of Rose Parrish (2021)
    The Seduction of Rose Parrish
    • based on a story
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Richard Houlihan, Tom O'Brien, Joe Filippone, Lukas Bailey, Kevin Michael Shiley, Scott E. Brosius, Zachary Keane, and Dean Houlihan in Mashup at the Movies (2021)
    Mashup at the Movies
    • characters
    • 2021
  • The Gingerweed Man (2021)
    The Gingerweed Man
    • story
    • 2021
  • Victoria Strange and Johnny Jay Lee in Weedjies: Halloweed Night (2019)
    Weedjies: Halloweed Night
    • original idea by
    • 2019
  • Sonny Carl Davis, Elina Madison, Jessica Morris, Robin Sydney, Ryan J. Gilmer, and The Don in Evil Bong 777 (2018)
    Evil Bong 777
    • story
    • 2018
  • Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
    Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
    • based on characters created by
    • 2018
  • Puppet Master: Axis Termination (2017)
    Puppet Master: Axis Termination
    • story by
    • 2017
  • Evil Bong 666 (2017)
    Evil Bong 666
    • original story
    • 2017
  • Ravenwolf Towers: The Feature (2016)
    Ravenwolf Towers: The Feature
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Ravenwolf Towers (2016)
    Ravenwolf Towers
    • original story by
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Evil Bong: High 5 (2016)
    Evil Bong: High 5
    • original story
    • 2016
  • Evil Bong 420 (2015)
    Evil Bong 420
    • original story
    • 2015

Videos12

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Trailer 1:57
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
The Haunted Dollhouse
Trailer 1:26
The Haunted Dollhouse
Puppet Master X: Axis Rising
Trailer 1:39
Puppet Master X: Axis Rising
Goobers!
Trailer 1:09
Goobers!
Devil Dolls
Trailer 0:44
Devil Dolls
Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
Trailer 2:06
Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
Doll Graveyard
Trailer 1:34
Doll Graveyard
Demonic Toys 2
Trailer 1:17
Demonic Toys 2
Killer Eye 2
Trailer 1:25
Killer Eye 2
Demonic Toys 2
Trailer 1:16
Demonic Toys 2
The Haunted Casino
Trailer 1:58
The Haunted Casino
Shrunken Heads
Trailer 1:57
Shrunken Heads

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • James Amante
  • Born
    • December 27, 1951
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Debra DionAugust 8, 1988 - September 21, 2004 (divorced, 2 children)
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article

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    Father of Alex Band of the band The Calling.
  • Quotes
    There's no formula for making a good genre film. Everybody seems to come up with one, but you really can't create anything that's going to have value four or five years from now. This is a business that changes every year. Everybody is looking for the next trend, but nobody can predict it.
  • Nickname
    • Charley

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