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Charlie Ahearn (born 1951) is an American film maker living in New York City. Although predominantly involved in film and video art production, he is also known for his work as an author, freelance writer, member of Colab , and radio host.
Mar 18, 2017 · The man behind the movie, artist-turned-director Charlie Ahearn, had been doing his bit to document the scene since the tail end of the 1970s. As he reveals in this interview with DJ History’s Bill Brewster , Ahearn was one the first members of the downtown art scene to regularly travel to the Bronx, not only to attend clubs, but ...
Charlie Ahearn (b. 1951, Binghamton, New York, U.S.) is one of the most important chroniclers and historians of Wild Style graffiti and its extension into dance, music and other creative fields. His seminal film Wild Style (1982) not only captured the graffiti community at its height, but helped to spread its message around the world.
Before Charlie Ahearn directed the classic hip-hop film Wild Style, which first screened in 1982, he was shooting slides and kung-fu movies on Super 8mm film.
May 18, 2017 · Before hip-hop became popular worldwide, Charlie Ahearn was there with his camera, taking pictures and documenting the nascent art form. The artist and filmmaker, freshly transplanted from...
Sep 20, 2019 · My name is Charlie Ahearn and I’m well known as the Director of the movie Wild Style, which introduced hip-hop to all the territories around the world in 1983. And how did you end up deciding to get involved with that project?
Charlie Ahearn is known for Wild Style (1982), Fear of Fiction (2000) and The Deadly Art of Survival (1979).
