Charlie Fink (producer)
Charlie Fink is a theatrical producer, entrepreneur, and arts advocate. He is an executive and producer of entertainment and new media. He has created and launched new brands for Disney, AOL, and American Greetings since 1985. He received the 2014 Rule Breaker Award from No Rule Theater Company.
Career
Fink started his career in the Animation Division of Walt Disney Pictures, where he rose to the position of Vice-President. In his six years with Disney, Mr. Fink developed and produced live-action and animated motion pictures, including Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, which was based on his idea, "Bambi in Africa". In 1992, Fink left Disney Pictures to become Executive Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Virtual World Entertainment, a software developer and location based Entertainment Company owned by Tim Disney. That company was later sold to Microsoft.
In early 1996, Fink joined AOL as Senior Vice-President and Chief Cr. Officer of its Greenhouse Networks, where he created and launched some of the formative Internet's largest content brands, including Love@AOL (sold to Match.com), Electra (sold to Oxygen Media), Entertainment Asylum, and Santa's Home Page (which he also co-produced with the late Brandon Tartikoff and Will Vinton as an ABC TV special).