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Charles Lane is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Editor American born on 26 december 1953
Charles Lane (born December 26, 1953) is an African-American actor and filmmaker.
While attending Purchase College as a film student, he made a short titled A Place in Time based on the famous Kitty Genovese incident. This short gained him a certain amount of attention, including a Student Academy Award win.
Lane then directed and starred in feature films True Identity, a vehicle for British comedian Lenny Henry funded by the Walt Disney Company. He wrote, directed and starred in 1989's Sidewalk Stories, a black-and-white feature about a homeless street artist who becomes the guardian of a small girl after her father is murdered. The nearly silent film was an homage to Charlie Chaplin's The Kid and was a critical favorite. It won several festival awards, including the Prix du Publique at the Cannes Film Festival, where its 12-minute ovation set a new record. He also received three nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Director, Best First Feature and Best Male Lead On its 25th anniversary in 2014, Sidewalk Stories was digitally remastered and rescreened at the Cannes Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.
Lane also had a starring role in the Mario Van Peebles film Posse, as Weezie, often the butt of jokes.
He has worked with James Earl Jones, Lenny Henry, and Frank Langella and offered one of the first film roles to The Sopranos actress Edie Falco. Lane often casts various friends and family in his films, including brother Gerald, friend George, and daughter Nicole Alysia.
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While attending Purchase College as a film student, he made a short titled A Place in Time based on the famous Kitty Genovese incident. This short gained him a certain amount of attention, including a Student Academy Award win.
Lane then directed and starred in feature films True Identity, a vehicle for British comedian Lenny Henry funded by the Walt Disney Company. He wrote, directed and starred in 1989's Sidewalk Stories, a black-and-white feature about a homeless street artist who becomes the guardian of a small girl after her father is murdered. The nearly silent film was an homage to Charlie Chaplin's The Kid and was a critical favorite. It won several festival awards, including the Prix du Publique at the Cannes Film Festival, where its 12-minute ovation set a new record. He also received three nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Director, Best First Feature and Best Male Lead On its 25th anniversary in 2014, Sidewalk Stories was digitally remastered and rescreened at the Cannes Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.
Lane also had a starring role in the Mario Van Peebles film Posse, as Weezie, often the butt of jokes.
He has worked with James Earl Jones, Lenny Henry, and Frank Langella and offered one of the first film roles to The Sopranos actress Edie Falco. Lane often casts various friends and family in his films, including brother Gerald, friend George, and daughter Nicole Alysia.
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Filmography of Charles Lane (3 films)
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Posse (1993)
, 1h51Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Stephen Baldwin, Mario Van Peebles, Big Daddy Kane, Tom Lister, Jr., Tone Loc, Blair Underwood
Roles Weezie
Rating55%
In 1898, Buffalo Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 10th Cavalry Regiment, led by Jessie Lee (Mario Van Peebles), are fighting in the Spanish–American War in Cuba. As the segregated African-American unit is barely holding its own against constant attacks from enemy troops, Jesse runs back to the command post of the corrupt and racist Colonel Graham (Billy Zane) to request that the 10th Cavalry be allowed to pull back. Colonel Graham orders Jessie to shoot a deserter in exchange for allowing the 10th to retreat. Unable to kill a man in cold blood, Jessie demonstrates excellent marksmanship by shooting the man's cigar from his mouth. Colonel Graham then kills the deserter, and offers Jessie's command of the 10th to Little J (Stephen Baldwin), another White prisoner (the alternative would be to face the firing squad). Graham then orders the 10th to fall back in order to begin another mission, one in which they will be required to wear civilian clothing, as opposed to their Cavalry uniforms. They are ordered to rob a Spanish gold shipment, which is a setup to give the Colonel an excuse to execute the entire 10th Cavalry as deserters. As he meets them with his own cavalry force, his aide Weezie (Charles Lane) causes a distraction, allowing the 10th to shoot the Colonel and his cavalry down.
True Identity (1991)
, 1h33Directed by Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Anne-Marie Johnson, James Earl Jones, R. Lee Ermey, Peggy Lipton
Roles Duane
Rating51%
A struggling black actor named Miles Pope is on a plane ride home from a failed acting audition. Miles meets a producer named Leland Carver who accidentally reveals his mafia ties when he believes that their plane is about to crash. However, the plane does not crash and Miles is the only man who knows Leland's past. To escape, Miles persuades his makeup artist friend Duane to transform him into a Caucasian male.
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
, 1h37Directed by Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Clohessy, Charles Lane, Ellia English, Edie Falco, Darnell Williams, Charles Lane
Roles The Artist
Rating71%
New York, 1989. Témoin du meurtre du père d'une fillette, un artiste de rue décide de s'occuper de l'enfant. Lors d'aventures ou de mésaventures variées, ils rencontrent une jeune femme.
Director
True Identity (1991)
, 1h33Directed by Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Anne-Marie Johnson, James Earl Jones, R. Lee Ermey, Peggy Lipton
Rating51%
A struggling black actor named Miles Pope is on a plane ride home from a failed acting audition. Miles meets a producer named Leland Carver who accidentally reveals his mafia ties when he believes that their plane is about to crash. However, the plane does not crash and Miles is the only man who knows Leland's past. To escape, Miles persuades his makeup artist friend Duane to transform him into a Caucasian male.
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
, 1h37Directed by Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Clohessy, Charles Lane, Ellia English, Edie Falco, Darnell Williams, Charles Lane
Rating71%
New York, 1989. Témoin du meurtre du père d'une fillette, un artiste de rue décide de s'occuper de l'enfant. Lors d'aventures ou de mésaventures variées, ils rencontrent une jeune femme.
Scriptwriter
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
, 1h37Directed by Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Clohessy, Charles Lane, Ellia English, Edie Falco, Darnell Williams, Charles Lane
Roles Writer
Rating71%
New York, 1989. Témoin du meurtre du père d'une fillette, un artiste de rue décide de s'occuper de l'enfant. Lors d'aventures ou de mésaventures variées, ils rencontrent une jeune femme.
Producer
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
, 1h37Directed by Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Clohessy, Charles Lane, Ellia English, Edie Falco, Darnell Williams, Charles Lane
Roles Producer
Rating71%
New York, 1989. Témoin du meurtre du père d'une fillette, un artiste de rue décide de s'occuper de l'enfant. Lors d'aventures ou de mésaventures variées, ils rencontrent une jeune femme.
Editor
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
, 1h37Directed by Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Clohessy, Charles Lane, Ellia English, Edie Falco, Darnell Williams, Charles Lane
Roles Editor
Rating71%
New York, 1989. Témoin du meurtre du père d'une fillette, un artiste de rue décide de s'occuper de l'enfant. Lors d'aventures ou de mésaventures variées, ils rencontrent une jeune femme.