Person
Charles Todd
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Mar 23, 1989
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.
Credits
Romeo Santos: Utopia Live from MetLife Stadium
Lessons from the Water: Diving with a Purpose
58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Romeo Santos: King of Bachata
Memes & Nightmares
On the Record: P!NK — Beautiful Trauma
Pentatonix: On My Way Home
RD20
On the Record: 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
Apple Music Presents: Chris
Behind Scriptonite's 2004
Celine Dion: Courage
Behind The 1975’s 'Notes on a Conditional Form'
Magic City: An American Fantasy