Charles W. Gray

Short Biography

Charles has a myriad of experience in the Entertainment Business. Born into a "Hollywood Showbiz Family" he started off at the early age of 7 singing impromptu with his father's vocal group, "The Ink Spots". With providence, he formed his own band "Songbird" and shortly thereafter acquired a record contract, with GRT, which took him from L.A. to Canada. After several years of touring, recording and "Rockin de House", Charles became interested in the closeness and intimacy of the Theater. Accordingly, he became a thespian, his hunger to understand the inner-workings of this medium was the catalyst to his writing, producing and directing for the stage. Eventually he become Artistic Director of his own theater company, (Black Arts Theater), having had several successes along the way. "For Colored Girls...", "Aint Noth'n but a Party", "Fences", etc. Synchronous to this was television & film; one of Charles' first ventures into television was "The Nice Show" CBC, in which he wrote, produced and starred. Finding his niche, Mr. Gray, for the past fifteen years, with his own company and as a freelancer has produced, directed and written for Film/Television/Stage and worked with...CBS, ABC, NBC, BET, USA, The FAMILY CHANNEL, SHOWTIME, FOX and others. Presently Mr. Gray's interest is to produce independent theatrical/cable films for domestic and international markets. To this end, Mr. Gray has recently formed Graysphere Entertainment Group, in which his primary purpose will be to develop, produce, and market film work, which are of the very highest caliber, brilliance, at the same time maintaining acumen of the marketplace and fiscal actualities