Charles Marquardt
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Charles Marquardt is an executive producer, showrunner, and director of documentary film and television programs. His work features celebrities and everyday people with inspiring stories to share. Subjects range from science and literature to cooking and design. His favorite projects are always thoughtful, positive, and don’t take themselves too seriously.
Recently, Charles served as an executive producer and showrunner on the first season of Silos Baking Competition for Blind Nil and The Magnolia Network featuring Chip and Joanna Gaines. And was also showrunner on the first two seasons of Magnolia's Handcrafted Hotels.
Prior showrunning experiences include the acclaimed science series HUMAN; The World Within for Netflix and PBS. Alaska PD on A&E, and The Great American Read for Nutopia and PBS. He was an executive producer on Undercover High for Lucky8 and A&E, and Live Free or Die on NatGeo.
Past productions of his company Picture Island include the acclaimed HBO feature documentary A Table in Heaven, co-produced with filmmaker Andrew Rossi; plus a range of fashion, gravel and natural history films for networks and digital platforms.
As an editor, his credits include the critically acclaimed feature documentaries “The Curious Case of Curt Flood” directed by Academy Award winner Ezra Edelman, “Control Room,” which documented the media messaging of Al Jazeera and the US Central command during the 2003 War in Iraq; “Film School,” an IFC documentary series from Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein; “Press On,” a music documentary from director Gillian Grisman and the first two seasons of the hit shows Moonshiners on Discovery, and MTV’s “MADE.”
He produced documentary and IMAX films in Chicago from 1991-1999, where clients included The Lincoln Park Zoo, Liberty Science Center, Audubon Institute, The Museum of Science and Industry, and SC Johnson Wax.
His work has been nominated for two regional Emmy Awards.