Henri Charr Explained

Henri Charr, also credited as H. Charr,^[1] is an Assyrian filmmaker^[2] born in Iran and living in Southern California. He started in educational films and documentaries, then turned to mainstream cinema in genres including thrillers, drams, action-adventure, family films and comedies.

In the early 1990s Charr made a trilogy of action films: Under Lock and Key, Caged Hearts and Cell Block Sisters. In the mid-1990s Char made family films; My Uncle: The Alien was a Selection at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Films. He then made Little Heroes, a children's film televised on Animal Planet as the "Movie of the Month". In 2002 Charr produced and directed the Action-Adventure Disaster film Wildfire.

He then produced family adventure comedy Abe & Bruno, suspense drama Heart of Fear, and Stepping High.

Filmography

As director

• Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983), aka Island Fury (USA: video title)^[3]
• Fatal Encounter (1990)^[4]
• Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993)^[5]
• Under Lock and Key (1995)^[6]
• Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995), aka Banished Behind Bars^[7]
• Caged Hearts (1995)^[8]
• Wild Fire (1995)^[9]
• My Uncle the Alien (1996)^[10]
• Hollywood Safari (1997)^[11]
• Little Heroes (1999)^[12]
• Little Heroes 2 (2000)^[13]
• Little Heroes 3 (2002), aka Les Petits héros III (Canada: French title: TV title), aka Top Dogs: Little Heroes 3 (UK)^[14]
• Abe & Bruno (2006) (TV)^[15]
• Heart of Fear (2006)^[16]
• Forbidden Border (2009)^[17]
• I Love Your Moves (2012)^[18]
• The Big Goofy Secret of Hidden Pines (2013)^[19]
• Stepping High (2013)^[20]

As writer

• Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) (story)
• Under Lock and Key (1995) (story)
• Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995) (story), aka Banished Behind Bars
• Caged Hearts (1995) (story)
• My Uncle the Alien (1996) (story)
• Little Heroes 3 (2002) (story) Les Petits héros III (Canada: French title: TV title), aka Top Dogs: Little Heroes 3 (UK)
• Wild Fire (film) (2003)
• Abe & Bruno (2006) (TV)
• Heart of Fear (2006) (story)

As producer

• Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) (executive producer)
• Caged Hearts (1995) (executive producer)
• Under Lock and Key (1995) (executive producer)
• Hollywood Safari (2001) TV Series (executive producer)
• Heart of Fear (2006) (producer)

As production manager

• 3 Little Ninjas and the Lost Treasure (1990) (post-production supervisor), aka Little Ninjas (USA: video title)^[21]

As sound effects director

• Savage Harbor (1987) (sound effects editor) (credited as H. Charr), aka Death Feud (USA: new title), aka Raggedy Anne, aka Slammers (USA)^[22]

See also

• List of Assyrians

Notes and References

1. https://pro-labs.imdb.com/title/tt0235535/ IMDB, example of credit as Henri Charr
2. Book: Shoumanov, Vasili . Assyrian American Association of Chicago: 100 Years . 2018 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-4671-0275-9 . en.
3. Web site: Barton . Steve . 2008-09-25 . Drive-in Double Feature: Barracuda and Island Fury (DVD) . 2024-04-02 . Dread Central . en-US.
4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099547/ Farendj (1990) - IMDb
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107190/ Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear (1993) - IMDb
6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114780/ Under Lock and Key (1995) - IMDb
7. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112649/ Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995) - IMDb
8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112612/ Caged Hearts (1996) - IMDb
9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147266/ Roegeom (1969) - IMDb
10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117124/ My Uncle the Alien (1996) - IMDb
11. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236304/ Hollywood Safari (1997) - IMDb
12. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235546/ Little Heroes (1999) - IMDb
13. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235547/ Little Heroes 2 (2000) - IMDb
14. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279925/ Little Heroes 3 (2002) - IMDb
15. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796301/ Abe & Bruno (TV Movie 2006) - IMDb
16. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889605/ Heart of Fear (Video 2006) - IMDb
17. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1324998/ The Border (2009) - IMDb
18. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2077766 I Love Your Moves (Video 2012) - IMDb
19. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1776319 The Big Goofy Secret of Hidden Pines (Video 2013) - IMDb
20. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2854876 Stepping High (2013) - IMDb
21. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098965/ 3 Little Ninjas and the Lost Treasure (1990) - IMDb
22. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093919/ Savage Harbor (1987) - IMDb