Charles W. Bailey

Charles Wayne Bailey (b. September 24 , 1969 ) is an award-winning, underground American Filmmaker best known for his dark and brooding artistic explorations in human sexuality and his unflinching use of on screen physical sexuality to explore the more “haunted” aspect of humanity.

"The really sad thing is," says Bailey, "most people will only view the films I make for their obvious sexual overtones and totally overlook their inner meaning which works as both a blessing and a curse. A blessing in that the on camera sexuality grants me the fan-base and the paychecks to keep making the films I personally want to see without having to answer to a studio production head, and a curse that some truly beautiful "human" stories are sadly missed by all the jiggling silicone breasts {Link without Title} . Alas... what's a guy to do?"

BIOGRAPHY

Bailey was born and raised in the small northeastern Ohio town of Rittman, Ohio . His father, Charles R. Bailey and his mother, Anna L. Bailey settled there in the mid-to-late 1960’s and almost immediately began young Charles’ initiation to the trash-cluttered, hyper-shock style of drive-in cinema he’s most widely known for.

“Going to the local Drive In (theater) throughout the mid-to-late 1970’s and early 1980’s were, some of my fondest memories,” says Bailey with a laugh. “Looking back on it now, it probably wasn’t the most “politically correct” thing to expose your children to, however, back then, when fellow classmates would brag about seeing '' Bambi '' or '' Cinderella '' over the weekend, I got to spill the beans about movies with titles like '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre '', '' Dawn Of The Dead '', or '' The Last House On The Left ''.

However, all of that grind house sleaze he was presently exposed to was about to be traded in for Hollywood’s techno glitz as '' onto the world and an impressionable, Charles W. Bailey. “My god, what a moment in history that was,” recalls Bailey, his eyes still glinting up at the mere mention of Lucas’ classic space opera. “I would have to say that the day my dad took me to see Star Wars was the day my life changed forever. Just like everyone else in the free world who was touched in some way by that movie, the sheer size and scope of what could be done with cinema and how the world suddenly seemed brighter, left me amazed and in awe. When I walked out of the theater that day, I knew what it was that I wanted to do with the rest of my life, win, lose, or draw/good movies or bad movies, in that moment I was on my path to becoming a professional filmmaker.”

By the age of 16, Bailey’s film career was derailed shortly as his creative energies were focused on what he calls his darkest and brightest days. “No matter what came down the pipe, I never lost sight of my goals,” says Bailey. “From this point forward, studying the art and science of filmmaking was really the only thing that mattered to me and surprisingly, I soon learned how much I loved both aspects of the craft as a whole. It became my mission to learn as much as I could about films and the people who made them. I wanted to tell sweeping epic stories like George Lucas, however when it came time to actually begin making these epics, I quickly learned that movies with ''Star Wars'' budgets were way out of my price-range, so I needed something else to write about and eventually film later in life, I needed experience.”

TWILIGHT AVENUE AND THE DECADE OF DECADENCE

Like Oliver Stone , who’s experiences in Viet Nam served as the basis for his Oscar-winning film, Platoon , and George Lucas who used his youthful nights cruising souped up hot rods as the basis for American Graffiti , the “experience” Bailey chased after surfaced in the mid to late 80’s in the form of rock music.

“Around that time period,” remembers Bailey. “A new form of rock and roll exploded on the scene and radio stations across America, and eventually the world, began filling up their play lists with music from bands like Poison , Ratt , Bon Jovi , Cinderella , Guns N Roses , and Motley Crue .

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