Early in his career, Charlie Picerni excelled as a stuntman by doing many big stunts that caught the eye of Hal Needham and Ronnie Rondell. He worked on some of the biggest films of that time like “Tora Tora Tora”, “Tobruk” and “Che!”…this is what led him being asked to be one of the original members of Stunts Unlimited.

Charlie then moved up to stunt coordinating TV shows. He got his big break on “Starsky and Hutch”, he was the stunt coordinator and Paul Michael Glaser’s stunt double. Aaron Spelling and Duke Vincent saw what direction Charlie was heading in – “Directing”! He started second unit directing Starsky and Hutch and then moved up to directing episodes of Starsky.

He continued stunt coordinating and second unit directing such shows as “Kojak” and “Magnum PI”. He then started First Unit Directing Television for producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg and Steven Cannell, for such shows as, “Tj Hooker”, “Matt Houston”, “Vegas”, “Hard Castle and McCormick”, “Hunter”, “Stingray”, “Finders of Lost Loves”, “A-Team”, “JJ Starbuck”, “Spencer for Hire”, “Blue Thunder”, “Gavilan” and HBO’s “Tales From the Crypt”.

At that time Charlie caught Warner Brothers producer Joel Silver’s eye. This led to second unit directing and stunt coordinating some of the biggest and most memorable action films ever made such as, “Die Hard” , “Die Hard 2”, “Road House”, “Lethal Weapon 2 & 3”, “Hudson Hawk”, “Christmas Vacation”, “The Last Boy Scout”, “Demolition Man”, “Ghost”, “Ricochet”, “Basic Instinct”, “Low Down Dirty Shame”, “True Romance”, “2 Days in the Valley”, “15 Minutes” and many more. Charlie also during this time directed multiple episodes on a TV series called “Seven Days” for Paramount studios.

Realizing he wanted to further his career as a Director, he studied at the “Beverly Hills Playhouse” in the master class for two years with Milton Katsales. In 2007, he Directed, Produced and co-wrote a feature film entitled “Three Days to Vegas”, starring “Peter Falk”, “Rip Torn” and “George Segal”. In 2010 Charlie Directed “Ayn Rand’s” “Night of January 16th” at the Odyssey Theatre to rave reviews!

While continuing to work in all avenues of the motion picture business, he is currently developing and writing his own project called “Spaghetti Park” which he will Produce and Direct. Spaghetti Park is about his own early life growing up in New York City and a tribute to his beloved Mother Lena!