Charlex

Charlex

Type	Private
Industry	Commercials, films, animation, branding
Founded	1979
Headquarters	New York City
Key people	Charlie Levi, President & Co-Founder Alex Weil, CEO & Co-Founder
Employees	28
Website	www.charlex.com

Charlex (also known as CHRLX since 1998) is an American animation studio set in New York City that has created and produced commercials and animation for decades.

History

Charlie Levi and Alex Weil set up Charlex in 1979 to work on commercials. In 1983, they directed a music video for The Cars, "You Might Think". In 1984, they were awarded the "Video of the Year" MTV Video Music Award in 1984 for directing this.

Charlex became more successful as the end of the 1980s came near; by 1990, their portfolio included the opening titles for Saturday Night Live and National Geographic Explorer, network ID's for Nickelodeon, HA!, Nick at Nite, and Myers Rum, and tons of commercials and music videos.

Filmography

Short films

• One Rat Short (2003)
• ShapeShifter (2010)

Music videos

• The Cars' "You Might Think" (1983)

Opening titles

• Saturday Night Live (1984)
• National Geographic Explorer (1990)
• Nickelodeon Home Video (1993)
• On The Run (1998)

Commercials

• Chrysler "Cigarette" (1984)
• Cinemax "Whistler's Motorcycle" (1985)
• Nickelodeon Studios "Video Rap" (1990)
• Coca-Cola "Always Refreshing" (1993)
• IBM "Small Planet" (1997)
• Kodak "Take Pictures" (1997)
• British Airways "Endtag" (1998)
• Nickelodeon "Why?" (2001)
• Avis "Animals" (2001)
• Kotex "End of a Sentence" (2001)
• M&M's "Kaleidoscope" (2006)
• Subway "Sidekicks" (2010)
• Krylon "Life of an Object" (2011)

Network branding

• Nickelodeon "Lincoln" (1985)
• Lifetime "Kooks" (1985)
• Myers Rum "Bumpers" (1987)
• Nickelodeon "Patty Cake" (1987)
• The Movie Channel "Action/Adventure" (1989)
• HA! "Girl vs. Shark" (1990)
• VH1 "Greatest Hits" (1991)
• Nick at Nite "Ski TV" (1991)

External links

• Official website