- Grew up with artists, his grandparents were both painters.
- Has said his favorite director is Stanley Kubrick.
- Started his Production Company BoomBastic Films in 2002.
- Got his start shooting short films with his family's VHS camcorder before saving up and purchasing his own Hi-8 camera at the age of 14.
- Most of the final scenes in his first feature Stupa-Man (2008) were shot on the roof of the famous Troma Building in Manhattan, NY.
- Was scheduled to direct the segment "Pigtails" for the Anthology film Tales of Carnage (2006) before the project collapsed. It was a film consisting of 4 Horror tales from Production Companies from Kentucky, California, Massachusetts and Iceland.
- He used to shoot hip hop shows for Leedz Edutainment the #1 Hip Hop promoter in Boston. He shot shows for acts like Gza of Wu Tang Clan, M.o.P, KRS-ONE, ILL BILL, Slaine, Cormega, Rite Hook, Heddshotts, Amadeus the Stampede, Sean Price, Necro, R.A the Rugged Man and Freeway to name a few.
- He shot additional footage for God Take, God Give (2010). The documentary was about Staff Sgt. John A. Thorburn, Vietnam vet, and father of underground rap icon R.A. The Rugged Man . Fisher met Rugged Man while shooting Hip Hop shows and joined the project. The project faded shortly after the tragic passing of John A. Thorburn.
- Was scheduled to Direct Necro "Viva Necro" music video from the album DIE! (2010) but the album found itself in hot water for sample clearances and the video's heat burned out.
- Shot and cut a live extended music video for The GZA of Wu Tang Clan used for his website in 2009.
- Contributed ideas for set design for the American Chicken Bunker in Lloyd Kaufman's Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006).
- Became good friends with Actor Frankie Imbergamo after they worked together on the film DJ Stan Da Man.
- Credits The Toxic Avenger (1984) as the film that made him wanna pick up a camera and just shoot something regardless of money or experience. This also led to Lloyd Kaufman making a cameo in his first feature film Stupa-Man (2008).
- In 2012 he was in talks with John R. Cherry III to direct and co-produce a documentary based on the Ernest franchise (Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Scared Stupid) Cherry was going to be a producer and interviewed for the project but due to scheduling issues with the upcoming "Son of Ernest" project and the releasing of his book "Keeper of the Clown My Life with Ernest!" the Doc was put on hold, some Pre-production work was done.
- Has worked for Full Moon Entertainment and Charles Band on the convention circuit, they're the Production/Distribution company responsible for the Puppetmaster series, The Pit and the Pendulum, Castle Freak, Head of the Family and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama to name a few and Charlie has produced some classics like Ghoulies,Troll,Terrorvision, From Beyond, Dolls and Prison.
- Avid collector of VHS, Action Figures, Original One Sheet Posters and Movie Soundtracks on Vinyl.
- Won Best Special FX at the 2016 Legless Corpse Film Festival for the short film Beyond the Wasteland.
- His favorite Massachusetts based film is The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973).
- His top 20 favorite directors pound for pound, film for film are Stanley Kubrick John Carpenter Sam Raimi John Waters Martin Scorsese Francis Ford Coppola Oliver Stone Sergio Leone Abel Ferrara Peter Jackson Quentin Tarantino Larry Clark Paul Thomas Anderson Joel Coen David Fincher Brian De Palma Sam Peckinpah William Friedkin and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
- Jokes that he turned down a role in Ghostbusters (2016) due to creative differences. Those differences being they wanted him for background and he wanted to be in a scene with Bill Murray or Dan Aykroyd.
- In 2015 the Shoe City Film Festival of Brockton, Massachusetts ran a retrospective of his early music videos.
- Shot behind the scenes stills for John Bloom 's 2017 traveling one man show A History of the Redneck in Film with Joe Bob Briggs.
- Co-host and producer of a handful of shows at the BoomBastic Media Network, specializing in podcast and web shows.
- Don Coscarelli credits him as the first person to do the "Boooy!" phrase with a large audience as a tribute to iconic Phantasm Tall Man Angus Scrimm The tactic has now carried on in tradition at Conventions and Festivals all over the world.
- Was listed in Patsy the Angry Nerd's Top Ten Directors of 2019 Short Film list for his film INSOMNIAC .
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