Charles Band is a film director born in Los Angeles on December 27th, 1951. He famous for his decades-long production of B-movies and direct-to-video films, and for his production companies Full Moon Pictures and Empire Pictures.
Empire International Pictures was started in 1983, and produced films until bankruptcy in 1989. Full Moon was founded after Empire’s bankruptcy, and continues to this day.
Charles Band was born into an artistic family in Los Angeles, with his grandfather being a famous artist, his brother a composer, and his father the director Albert Band. He has been married twice, and has four children.
Charles Band Filmography
Last Foxtrot in Burbank (1973)
Mansion of the Doomed (1975)
Cinderella (1977)
Crash! (1977)
End of the World (1977)
Auditions (1978)
Laserblast (1978)
Fairy Tales (1979)
Tourist Trap (1979)
The Day Time Ended (1980)
The Best of Sex and Violence (1980)
Famous T&A (1982)
Parasite (1982)
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
The Alchemist (1983)
Filmgore (1983)
The Dungeonmaster (1984)
Ghost Warrior (1984)
Trancers (1984)
Walking the Edge (1985)
Ghoulies (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
Savage Island (1985)
Underworld (1985)
Zone Troopers (1985)
Breeders (1986)
Crawlspace (1986)
Dreamaniac (1986)
Eliminators (1986)
From Beyond (1986)
Troll (1986)
Vicious Lips (1986)
Necropolis (1986)
Robot Holocaust (1986)
TerrorVision (1986)
Creepozoids (1987)
Dolls (1987)
Enemy Territory (1987)
Mutant Hunt (1987)
The Princess Academy (1987)
Prison (1987)
Valet Girls (1987)
Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
Buy & Cell (1988)
Catacombs (1988)
Cellar Dweller (1988)
Ghost Town (1988)
Ghoulies II (1988)
Pulse Pounders (1988)
Transformations (1988)
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
Arena (1989)
Deadly Weapon (1989)
Puppet Master (1989)
Intruder (1989)
Robot Jox (1989)
Crash and Burn (1990)
Puppet Master II (1990)
Trancers II (1991)
Spellcaster (1991)
Doctor Mordrid (1992)
Trancers III (1992)
Seedpeople (1992)
Prehysteria! (1993)
Puppet Master 4 (1993)
Robot Wars (1993)
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
Castle Freak (1995)
Head of the Family (1996)
Hideous! (1997)
The Creeps (1997)
Blood Dolls (1999)
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Gil has a bachelor’s in communication, and attended film school in Los Angeles. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to over 45 countries, before cofounding a marketing company. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gildner is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.