Charles Dell "Chuck" Braverman (born March 3, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film director, collage animator,[1][2] documentary filmmaker and producer.
[5] Among his earliest efforts was an animated short film called An American Time Capsule [6] set to a recording of "The Charge"[7] from the album Beat That #?!
The film was composed of hundreds of short clips of art and photos (graphics animation) depicting 200 years of American history in two and a half minutes.
(Both films were included on the Smothers Brother Comedy Hour DVDs, and An American Time Capsule can be viewed on the Internet Archive.
The film used mostly animated graphics, but also features some short live action clips, including a cameo by Rivera interviewing John Lennon about his American citizenship troubles.