Person
Charles Todd
Directing · Born 1989-03-23
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.
Known for

Memes & Nightmares
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Magic City: An American Fantasy
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Celine Dion: Courage
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On the Record: 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
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Apple Music Presents: Chris
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Romeo Santos: King of Bachata
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Behind Scriptonite's 2004
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Romeo Santos: Utopia Live from MetLife Stadium
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Pentatonix: On My Way Home
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Behind The 1975’s 'Notes on a Conditional Form'
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Filmography
- 2025Magic City: An American FantasyDirector
- 2024Memes & NightmaresDirector
- 2021Lessons from the Water: Diving with a PurposeDirector
- 2021Romeo Santos: King of BachataDirector
- 202158 Hours: The Baby Jessica StoryExecutive Producer
- 2021Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues AwayDirector
- 2021Romeo Santos: Utopia Live from MetLife StadiumDirector
- 2020Celine Dion: CourageDirector
- 2020Behind The 1975’s 'Notes on a Conditional Form'Director
- 2020Behind Scriptonite's 2004Director
- 2018Apple Music Presents: ChrisDirector
- 2018On the Record: 5 Seconds of Summer - YoungbloodDirector
- 2017On the Record: P!NK — Beautiful TraumaDirector
- 2016RD20Producer
- 2015Pentatonix: On My Way HomeProducer
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