---
name: "Charles Skouras III"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-skouras-iii"
fi1m_id: "charles-skouras-iii"
imdb_id: "nm0804759"
tmdb_id: 1219615
wikidata_id: "Q5082537"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:15:30.351714+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Skouras III

## Identity

Charles Skouras III

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-skouras-iii
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-skouras-iii
- **IMDb ID:** nm0804759
- **TMDB ID:** 1219615
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5082537
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082537, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219615

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1989–2004
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082537, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219615

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Skouras III is an American producer and production manager who has worked in film and television since the late 1970s. He has held roles including production manager, unit production manager, line producer, associate producer, co-producer and producer.

His credits include production management on *The Abyss* (1989), *Free Willy* (1993) and *That Thing You Do!* (1996). On television he served as unit production manager and producer on *Desperate Housewives* (2004–2012) across 180 episodes, and as co-producer on *Tales from the Crypt* (1990) and *Threat Matrix* (2003–2004). He is the grandson of Charles P. Skouras, a film executive and president of Fox West Coast Theatres.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *The Abyss* (1989), Fi1m 71, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *That Thing You Do!* (1996), Unit Production Manager
- *Jade* (1995), Production Manager
- *The Favor* (1994), Co-Producer
- *Free Willy* (1993), Unit Production Manager
- *The Abyss* (1989), Production Manager — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Producer
- *Bad Dreams* (1988), Production Manager
- *Pulse* (1988), Production Manager
- *Nightflyers* (1987), Production Manager
- *Maid to Order* (1987), Line Producer
- *Chopping Mall* (1986), Production Manager, Associate Producer
- *Love Letters* (1983), Associate Producer
- *Separate Ways* (1981), Assistant Location Manager

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