Charles Matthau

Charlie Matthau is that rare director, writer, producer who knows exactly what he wants in all capacities: movies with humanity, heart and humor - qualities that have always defined great storytelling. In 2016 he is executive-producing the TV series Mexican High, based on the novel by Lisa Monroy, developing a World War Two set thriller with Reuben Sack called Bodyguard Of Lies, and another feature based on the the novel Huge by James Feurst. Matthau is also producing the feature "The Invitation" and "The Sugar Shack" with Judd Rubin. Charlie's last film _Freaky Deaky , about a widower who falls in love with another woman despite the disapproval of his children. Televised in the fall of 1998 on the CBS Television Network, "The Marriage Fool" was ranked the #1 program of the week with a 14.0 Nielsen rating and a 23 share. Charlie previously won praise for directing and producing the 1993 television movie Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love, starring Ellen Burstyn. The film tells the moving story of a woman who takes to the road to save her grandson from becoming a foster child. The Hollywood Reporter characterized it as "wise, affecting television that should not be missed." A graduate of the film school at the University of Southern California, while a student Matthau wrote and directed The Duck Film, which became one of the more highly acclaimed USC shorts of the 1980's.