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Charlie Ahearn was born on 13 June, 1951 in Binghamton, New York, is an American film director and creative cultural artist. Discover Charlie Ahearn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 13 June 1951
Birthday 13 June
Birthplace Binghamton, New York
Nationality United States

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1941

Ahearn showed this martial arts film as part of The Times Square Show in an abandoned massage parlor that Colab had taken over on the corner of 7th Avenue and 41st Street in the then rather shady Times Square area.

1951

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.

He is married to the painter Jane Dickson and is the twin brother to the sculptor John Ahearn.

1970

For several years during the 1970s Ahearn, then living in downtown Manhattan, concentrated on making 16 millimeter art films.

1973

Charlie Ahearn came to New York City in 1973 to attend the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program (Studio Program).

Later he was joined by his brother John and joined the artists' group Colab (aka Collaborative Projects) which was a group determined to go beyond the traditional art world gallery system and find a way to "be creative in a larger sense".

1977

In 1977 he went to the Alfred E. Smith Projects in the Lower East Side to film local youths practice martial arts with his Super 8 camera, which exposed him to hip-hop for the first time.

Ahearn was approached by some of these local youths who wanted to make a martial arts film, and Ahearn agreed despite never having attended film school and not knowing how to make a feature-length film.

Yet he took inspiration from some of his favorite kung fu films, such as 36 Chambers, Mad Monkey Kung Fu, and Five Deadly Venoms; as well as the films of Bruce Lee.

1980

In the summer of 1980 Ahearn began working with Fred Braithwaite and Lee Quiñones on what was later to become a classic hip-hop feature-length film: Wild Style.

The film took its name from the graffiti painting style of the same name: a style that is very symbolically described as an "energetic interlocking construction of letters with arrows and others that signify movement and direction".

Also in the movie was karate instructor Nathan Ingram (karate).

1981

Ahearn soon after was living nearby on 43rd Street and 8th Avenue (from 1981 to 1993).

1983

Wild Style premièred in 1983 in Times Square, breaking records by selling out at all screenings in the three weeks it played.

The highly successful soundtrack of the film, which was composed entirely from scratch to avoid copyrights clearances, was produced by Fred Braithwaite, in collaboration with Chris Stein of chart-topping rock act Blondie.

Grandmaster Theodore mixed the album and Grandmaster Caz wrote the lyrics.

Wild Style and its soundtrack have since been regarded as the most accurate portrait of hip-hop culture and has been cited as the definitive hip-hop film.

Its popularity quickly spread throughout the world.

2002

Yes Yes, Y'all is an oral history of the first decade of hip-hop book by Ahearn published in 2002 by Da Capo Press with over 100 photos.

2005

In 2005, Ahearn hosted a weekly talk-music internet radio show on New York's Museum of Modern Art's WPS1.org called Yes Yes, Y'all, with guests such as Biz Markie, Afrika Bambaataa, Rammellzee, Grandmaster Caz, and many more hip-hop icons from 1970 to 1990.

2007

(These shorts were included on the 25-year anniversary edition of the Wild Style DVD, released in 2007 from Rhino Entertainment)

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wild Style, Ahearn also wrote the book Wild Style: The Sampler, published by Powerhouse Books in 2007.

2012

Ahearn transferred his hip-hop archive, including detailed Wild Style production notes, artwork, photographs, and audio and video recordings, to the Cornell University Hip-Hop Collection in 2012.

Ahearn has worked on a series of musical shorts.

There include: