Charles Todd
Charles is an award-winning director focused on the preservation of identity. In feature documentaries, Charles directed Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and won Best Feature Documentary at the 2022 Pan-African Film Festival, and Romeo Santos: King of Bachata, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy and currently airs on HBO Max. For CNN, Charles directed “Lessons From The Water: Diving With A Purpose” (“DWP”), featuring a group of black archaeologists with the goal to restore the nearly 500 voyages shipwrecked during the slave trade to historial record. In 2021, “DWP” and Charles were featured in MIPAD (Most Influential People of African Descent). Charles’ most recent work includes the upcoming docuseries “Magic City: An American Fantasy” which premiered at the 2024 SxSW Film Festival and the basketball mockumentary “Memes & Nightmares”, which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
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DirectingBirthday
March 23, 1989Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
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On the Record: P!NK — Beautiful Trauma
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Pentatonix: On My Way Home
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RD20
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On the Record: 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
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Behind Scriptonite's 2004
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Apple Music Presents: Chris
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Celine Dion: Courage
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Behind The 1975’s 'Notes on a Conditional Form'
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Romeo Santos: Utopia Live from MetLife Stadium
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Lessons from the Water: Diving with a Purpose
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Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away
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Romeo Santos: King of Bachata
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58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story
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Memes & Nightmares
Director