Charles Poekel
Writing
Biography
Charles Poekel is a writer, director, and non-fiction cinematographer. He began his career shooting and producing theatrical documentaries including "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead", "Hey Bartender", "Making the Boys", "Fake It So Real" and others. His feature-length fiction debut, "Christmas, Again", premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and went on to play at Sundance, the MoMA, and Lincoln Center, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2016. He frequently directs music videos, short films, and behind-the-scenes documentaries. Charlie is an alum of The Gotham and the New York Film Festival Artists’ Academy, a MacDowell Colony fellow, and a contributor to the website Hammer to Nail. He's repped by ICM and 3 Arts.
Known For
Noel travels from upstate New York every year to sell Christmas trees in New York City. Returning without the help of his long-time girlfriend, this year Noel finds it impossible to do the one thing he knows so well: sell Christmas trees. As Noel begins to spiral downwards, alienating co-workers and customers in the process, it turns out this same community of people may be the only ones capable of saving Noel from self-destruction.
Christmas, Again
A documentary focusing on why one of America's oldest games has had a renaissance in the past few years and why, for so many, poker is the way to chase the American Dream.
All In: The Poker Movie
Dive head-first into the world of independent pro wrestling as we follow a group in Lincolnton, North Carolina over the week leading up to a big show.
Fake It So Real
Landon and Sky try to host a party...