Charley Pavlosky

Charley attended the prestigious School For Performing Arts in London, where he studied Theatre, Film and Music. During summer hiatus, he enjoyed his first motion picture experience at 19, working as an extra on the film Slapshot starring Paul Newman. After graduation, he met and became musical collaborators with members of the Elton John Band and the Rolling Stones, among others. This led to an exclusive music publishing contract offer in Los Angeles, where he moved in 1980. At this time he struck out on his own as writer and producer of songs for films and television. Owing to his extensive technical and creative background in 1988 he was offered the position of House Producer for the world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. While there, he wrote and produced shows for the Stores on the Sunset Strip, Las Vegas, La Jolla and Universal Studios, overseeing the performances of Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Roseanne, Andrew 'Dice' Clay, Richard Belzer and Sam Kinnison, to name a few. During his term he also served as Producer of the 'Live From The Comedy Store' nationally syndicated radio show for the Westwood One Broadcast Network. As testament to the strong relationships Charley built, after his tenure at the Store, he was contacted by many of the same top names to remain a part of their ongoing production coterie. In 1990, after achieving national Top Ten status with the song "You're So Sensitive," which Charley wrote and produced, he was offered the position of managing director of a Capitol-EMI Records label, overseeing a staff of eighteen marketing and promotions executives as well as their support staffs. During his tenure, he strengthened his ties to the filmmaking community with the placement of several soundtrack deals and script options. In the ensuing years, Charley worked tirelessly, absorbing every aspect and detail of every position on the production lines of film and television. From production assistant work, all the way up to directing, he studied the art and craft of creating motion pictures, becoming a member of the exclusive LA Director's Workshop and studying the filmmaking methods of Welles, Wyler, Huston and Hitchcock, among others; in this, he learned the classic style of Hollywood continuity filmmaking. In 2000, Charley traveled to Bainbridge Island, Washington to work as production support on the award-winning independent film, Farewell To Harry. While experiencing the rich talent pool in the area during production, Charley formed a plan to start his own filmmaking alliance dedicated to providing low-cost, high-quality films as well as creating positive change in communities. In so doing, he realized where he wanted this unique cooperative to exist and moved to the island in 2002, where WTB was born.