Charles Todd

Directing

Charles Todd

Born
(age 37)
Credits
15 titles

Biography

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.

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 15

YearTitleJob
2025 Magic City: An American Fantasy TV Director (5 ep)
2024 Memes & Nightmares Film Director, Writer
2021 Lessons from the Water: Diving with a Purpose Film Director
2021 Romeo Santos: King of Bachata Film Director
2021 58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story Film Executive Producer
2021 Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away Film Director
2021 Romeo Santos: Utopia Live from MetLife Stadium Film Director
2020 Celine Dion: Courage Film Director
2020 Behind The 1975’s 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Film Director
2020 Behind Scriptonite's 2004 Film Director
2018 Apple Music Presents: Chris Film Director
2018 On the Record: 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood Film Director
2017 On the Record: P!NK — Beautiful Trauma Film Director
2016 RD20 Film Producer
2015 Pentatonix: On My Way Home Film Producer
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