Born: ?, as Charles 'Chuck' D. Minsky.

Career: Ph 200+ commercials [dir by Robert Black, Greg Wilson, a.o.] since 1988. Member of the ASC [since 2001] and associate member of the SOC.

Appeared in the doc's 'Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography' [1991] & 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].

Website: Charles D. Minsky

1984        Radioactive Dreams [Albert Pyun] c; cph: Thomas Mauch

1985        Dangerously Close/Choice Kill/Campus '86 [Albert Pyun] c; 2uc; ph: Walt Lloyd

1985        The Hitcher [Robert Harmon] p/c; 2uc; ph: John Seale

1985        April Fool's Day/Slaughter High [Fred Walton] p/c

1986        Weekend Warriors/Hollywood Air Force [Bert Convy] c

1987        Off Limits/Saigon [Christopher Crowe] c; addph; ph: David Gribble

1987        Bull Durham [Ron Shelton] c; addph; ph: Bobby Byrne

1989        Pretty Woman [Garry Marshall] c; + small part

1990        Dutch/Driving Me Crazy [Peter Faiman] c; 2uc: Paul Pollard

1992        The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag [Allan Moyle] c; 2uc: James L. Carter

1992        Amazing Stories: Book Four [seg 'Blue Man Down' dir by Paul Michael Glaser] c/V; collection of 3 ep of tv-series; + seg

                    'Mr. Magic' (d: Donald Petrie; ph: John McPherson) & 'Mirror, Mirror' (d: Martin Scorsese; ph: Robert M. Stevens); see

                    Television (1986)

1993        Terminal Velocity [Deran Sarafian] p/c; addph; ph: Oliver Wood

1994        A Little Princess [Alfonso Cuaron] c; 2uc; ph: Emmanuel Lubezki

1994        Congo [Frank Marshall] c; 2uc; ph: Allen Daviau

1995        Kazaam [Paul Michael Glaser] c; 2uc: John Fante

1996        Dear God [Garry Marshall] c

1998        Looking for an Echo [Martin Davidson] c

1998        Guinevere [Audrey Wells] c; sfx ph: Chuck Shuman

1999        Almost Famous/Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut [Cameron Crowe] c; 2uc; ph: John Toll

2000        Tomcats [Gregory Poirier] c

2000        Slap Her... She's French/She Gets What She Wants [Melanie Mayron (replaced Evan Dunsky)] c; addph: Brown

                    Cooper; replaced ph Roberto Schaefer

2001        Welcome to Collinwood [Anthony & Joe Russo] s35/c; cph: Lisa Rinzler

2003        Raising Helen [Garry Marshall] c; 2uc: Michael Stone

2003        The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement [Garry Marshall] c; 2uc: Ian Fox

2004        Keeping Up with the Steins/Lucky 13 [Scott Marshall] c

2005        The Producers [Susan Stroman] p/c; cph: John Bailey (replaced by C. Minsky 2 months into shooting)

2005        You, Me and Dupree [Anthony & Joe Russo] c; 2uc: Igor Meglic

2007        Alternate Endings [Elisabeth Fry] c; short/14m

2007        Brooklyn to Manhattan [Jessy Terrero] c

2007        Post Grad [Vicky Jenson] c; addph: Eric Steelberg; filmed 2007-08

2009        Valentine's Day [Garry Marshall] c; 2uc: Mark Irwin; aph: Dylan Goss

1983        Testament [Lynne Littman] tvm for PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'; addph; ph: Steven Poster; also in theatres

1986        Amazing Stories [ep #26 'Miscalculation' dir by Tom Holland, #28 'Welcome to My Nightmare' dir by Todd Holland (TH),

                    #33 'Thanksgiving' dir by TH, #38 'Blue Man Down' dir by Paul Michael Glaser, #42 'Such Interesting Neighbors' dir by

                    Graham Baker & #45 'Miss Stardust' dir by Tobe Hooper] 45-part series, 1985-87; 2nd season, 1986-87; other ph:

                    Vincent A. Martinelli, Allen Daviau, John McPherson & Robert M. Stevens; see Films (1992)

1987        The Silence at Bethany [Joel Oliansky] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'

1988        China Beach [pilot dir by Rod Holcomb] 62-part series, 1988-91; 1st season, 1988; other ph: John J. Connor, Francis

                    Grumman & Richard Thorpe

1989        Capital News [pilot dir by Mark Tinker] 4-part series, 1990; other ph: Gerald Perry Finnerman

1990        Hull High [pilot dir by Kenny Ortega & 5 ep dir by various] 8-part (2 unaired) series

1992        A House of Secrets and Lies [Paul Schneider] tvm

1993        Lois & Clark [: The New Adventures of Superman] [pilot dir by Robert Butler] 88-part series, 1993-97; 1st season,

                    1993-94; other ph: Robert Seaman & James R. Bagdonas

1994        Past Tense [Graeme Clifford] tvm

1994        Keys/Keys to Her Past [John Sacret Young] pilot/120m

2001        The Beast [e.g. ep #2 'The Damage Done' dir by Jeff Bleckner] 6-part series; other ph: Anette Haellmigk (pilot)

2002        John Doe [pilot dir by Mimi Leder] 21-part series, 2002-03; other ph: David Geddes

2002        Lucky [pilot dir by Anthony & Joe Russo, #2 'Calling Dr. Con' dir by Peter Lauer (PL), #3 'Up the Steaks' dir by Anthony &

                    Joe Russo, #4 'Come Lie with Me' dir by Stephen Gyllenhaal, #5 'The Tell' dir by Michael Lessac & #9 'Lie, Cheat, and

                    Deal' dir by PL] 13-part series, 2003; other ph: Paul Maibaum (4 ep) & James L. Carter (3 ep)

2005        Related [pilot (unaired) 'Sisters' dir by Mimi Leder & ep #1 'Moving Out, Moving In, Moving On' dir by James Frawley]

                    18-part series, 2005-06; other ph: Paul Maibaum

2006        Vanished [pilot dir by Mimi Leder (replaced Antoine Fuqua)] 13-part series, 2006-07

2007        The Russell Girl [Jeff Bleckner] tvm; ep #232 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series

2008        My Boys [various] series, 2006-present; 2nd season, 2008; other ph: Paul Maibaum

2008        Loving Leah [Jeff Bleckner] tvm/s35; ep #235 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series

1970        Wacky Taxi/Pepper and His Wacky Taxi [Alex Grasshoff & John Astin] 2nd c.asst; ph: Fritz Roland

1971        Chain Gang Women/Women in Chains [Lee Frost] co-c.asst; ph: Lee Frost; + small part

1972        The Thing with Two Heads/The Man with Two Heads [Lee Frost] co-c.asst; ph: Jack Steely

1972        Stanley [William Grefé] asst to prod; ph: Cliff Poland

1972        Frogs [George McCowan] prod assoc; ph: Mario Tosi

1973        Dillinger [John Milius] loc assoc; ph: Jules Brenner

1977        The Choirboys [Robert Aldrich] c.asst; ph: Joseph Biroc

1979        Tom Horn [William Wiard] c.asst; ph: John Alonzo

1979        Urban Cowboy [James Bridges] c.asst; ph: Reynaldo Villalobos

1980        Nine to Five/9 to 5 [Colin Higgins] c.op; ph: Reynaldo Villalobos

1981        [An Act of Love:] The Patricia Neal Story [dir USA: Anthony Harvey; tvm] c.op USA; ph USA: Reynaldo Villalobos

1981        Prime Suspect/Cry of Innocence [Noel Black; tvm] c.op; ph: Reynaldo Villalobos

1982        Mike's Murder [James Bridges] c.op; ph: Reynaldo Villalobos

1984        Teen Wolf [Rod Daniel] co-c.op 2u; ph: Timothy Suhrstedt

2002        Lucky [ep #8 'The Method'] ph: James L. Carter; see Television