Chuck Wein Net Worth

Chuck Wein Net Worth is
$600,000

Chuck Wein Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Chuck Wein (March 24, 1939 – March 18, 2008) was an American promoter and manager of entertainment acts whose celebrity stemmed from his five-year (1964–1969) association with Andy Warhol and from his discovery of Edie Sedgwick who became Warhol Superstar of 1965.Wein graduated from Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School in 1957 and lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he attended Harvard, graduating in 1961. A thesis he had written, centering on Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, remained as a particular source of pride for him. Continuing to reside in Cambridge, he affected the appearance of a 1795 Edwardian dandy, similar to that of the British Teddy Boys, was a successful racetrack bettor and lived what was described as a Bohemian lifestyle. In 1963, while at his therapist's office, he met Radcliffe student Edie Sedgwick and when, upon turning 21 in 1964, she moved to New York, he went with her and began acting as her promoter. Gifted with a glib vocabulary and blonde good looks, he insinuated himself into Andy Warhol's circle of intimates and, by January 1965, had introduced Edie Sedgwick to Warhol and began regularly taking her to Warhol's studio, The Factory.The celebrity-obsessed Warhol and Sedgwick quickly became fascinated with each other and, by the time Warhol invited Wein and Sedgwick to accompany him to Paris in April 1965 for the opening of an exhibition of his paintings, he announced that Edie Sedgwick would be his new "superstar" and the "Queen of The Factory". Wein wrote and became Warhol's assistant director on Beauty No. 2, a 65-minute feature which presents a barely dressed Sedgwick in bed with Warhol regular Gino Piserchio, reacting and responding to the off-screen voice of the never-shown Wein who harasses her with intimate and annoying questions and comments which Piserchio does not seem to hear or be aware of. The film premiered at the Paris Cinémathèque in July 1965, making Warhol and Sedgwick darlings of the international celebrity circuit, with Wein and Piserchio also basking in the spotlight.The years 1965 and early 1966 represented the peak period for the Warhol-Sedgwick-Wein collaboration, resulting in nine films, but before the end of the year, a disillusioned Edie Sedgwick left Warhol, never to return. Little more than two years later, in the wake of Warhol's diminished activity following his near-fatal shooting by Valerie Solanas on June 3, 1968, Wein also departed and began traveling the world, with particular emphasis on the Far East, and managing fringe nightclub acts which usually had some unusual, strange or whimsical characteristics, as well as focusing on the occult. He can be seen in the 1967 documentary short about Warhol, Superartist and, in 1972, was credited as director of the Jimi Hendrix concert film Rainbow Bridge.Although the day and month of his birth have remained elusive (although see the IMDb entry below), Wein would have marked his 68th birthday in 2008, the

Date Of BirthMarch 24, 1939
Died2008-03-18
Place Of BirthUSA
Height6' 1" (1.85 m)
ProfessionDirector, Actor, Writer
Star SignAries
#Fact
1He did a theme paper of which he was very proud about Pirandello and "Three Characters in Search of An Author." Which may explain his fascination for Edie Sedgewick.
2While at Cambridge, he successfully bet on horses, attending local tracks, studying the workouts and other stuff, studiously, to "earn" vacation and social expenses.
3Is portrayed by Jimmy Fallon in Factory Girl (2006)
4Introduced Edie to astrology and Tarot cards.
5Left Warhol to travel the world, manage bizarre nightclub acts and focus on the occult.
6Met Edie Sedgwick in Cambridge in 1963 and moved with her to New York in 1964, acting as her promoter. Introduced Edie to Andy Warhol in January 1965, and began taking her regularly to the Factory.
7Graduated from Harvard in the early 60s.

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Rainbow Bridge1972Documentary
My Hustler1965

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Beauty #21965

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Ciao Manhattan1972original concept

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hells Angels Forever1983Documentary additional script

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory2007DocumentaryHimself
Jimi Hendrix: Feedback2005Video documentaryHimself
Rainbow Bridge1972DocumentaryHimself
Superartist1967Documentary short

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hendrix on Hendrix2013DocumentaryHimself

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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