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Chuck has worked as a producer, director, filmmaker, videographer, animator, special effects technician, editor, and composer. Chuck executive produces and directs Weird.TV, a television series featuring weird Americans, bizarre news, unbelievable events and outlandish skits. In addition to earlier syndication, Weird.TV is a hot property on MSN Video and recently nominated for 3 Webby Awards under the categories of Best Humor, Best Use of Animation or Graphics and Best Weird. Chuck has directed projects for Disney, CBS, FOX, TLC and PBS among others. He has produced reality segments for Strange Universe, Real TV, The 90's Channel, and BBC's Yankee Pankee.
Chucks credits also include executive producer and director of the Sci Fi Channel projects, Worldwide Weird and Warped In Space, and Baberellas; an independent Sci Fi feature distributed by Xenon Pictures.
Chuck Cirino began his entertainment industry career in the 1970s creating fun and funky special effects-laden programming for Blue Ridge Cable in Pennsylvania. He moved to California working as a videotape editor for Videography Studios and naturally transitioned into directing high-end special effects television commercials for Nissan, Lincoln Mercury and Alberto-Culver. Concurrently, Chuck directed the second unit and supervised visual effects on Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater for Showtime Entertainment.
Chuck's work includes directing the entire run of The Federated Groups TV commercials with Shadoe Stevensa Southern California commercial phenomenon, creative direction for Planet Hollywoods worldwide in-house TV Series, Planet TV; directing music videos for bands like Earth, Wind & Fire and The Dickies, editing Martin Mulls, and The History of White People In America.
In the mid-1980s Chuck began scoring films for Roger Corman. He recorded over 40 musical soundtracks for these movies through the mid-1990s. Today he is one of Cinetel Films' studio composers with many of his films premiering on the SciFi Channel.
In his spare time he manages 3 vlogs, weirdamerica.com, ufonews.tv and rv.tv.
Currently Chuck is an Internet video consultant for HBO New Media, and his company; Fearless Media Inc., is the west coast video production house for CBRE - the massive real estate company.
Chuck is a supporting member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, IFP West, and SIGGRAPH.
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