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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Biography from TMDB.
- March 23, 1989 (37)
- Director and producer, also writer
- 4 on Motif · 15 credits in all
Known for
What are Charles Todd's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Charles Todd's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Charles Todd's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 4 with a Motif page.
Motif score: 24th percentile of all shows
Memes & Nightmares(2024)
Motif score: 25th percentile of all films
Lessons from the Water: Diving with a Purpose (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Romeo Santos: King of Bachata (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Motif score: 97th percentile of all films
Romeo Santos: Utopia Live from MetLife Stadium (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Celine Dion: Courage (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Behind The 1975’s 'Notes on a Conditional Form' (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Behind Scriptonite's 2004 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Apple Music Presents: Chris (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
On the Record: 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
On the Record: P!NK — Beautiful Trauma (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
RD20 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Motif score: 68th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 2015 to 2025.
How do Charles Todd's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 4 titles is Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Charles Todd work with?
People who share at least 2 of Charles Todd's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Mitchener shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Matt MitchenerShared titles: Memes & Nightmares (2024), Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away (2021), Pentatonix: On My Way Home (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Matt Mitchener
- Devin ChandaShared titles: Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away (2021), Pentatonix: On My Way Home (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Devin Chanda
Producers
- Sheira Rees-DaviesShared titles: Memes & Nightmares (2024), Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away (2021), Pentatonix: On My Way Home (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Sheira Rees-Davies
- Camille YorrickShared titles: Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away (2021), Pentatonix: On My Way Home (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Camille Yorrick