Charles Todd
Director
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.
As Director
Memes & Nightmares
2024
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
2021
On the Record: P!NK — Beautiful Trauma
2017
Celine Dion: Courage
2020
Behind The 1975’s 'Notes on a Conditional Form'
2020
Lessons from the Water: Diving with a Purpose
2021
Romeo Santos: King of Bachata
2021
On the Record: 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
2018
Apple Music Presents: Chris
2018