Charles Stone III (born 1966) is an American film director. He is best known for ''

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'' starring

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, '' Mr. 3000'' starring

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, and '' Paid in Full''. Stone directed the video to " What They Do" by The Roots, featuring the group running through many rap video clichés. Stone is the creator of the popular

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" for

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in 1999. In October 2008, he directed a spoof of this campaign to depict his critical view of the Republican Party's eight years in the White House and to support the presidential campaign of

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. A 1984 graduate of Central High School in

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, he is the son of Louise Davis Stone and journalist and Tuskegee Airman Chuck Stone.

Filmography

Film

* ''

'' (2002) * '' Paid in Full'' (2002) * '' Mr. 3000'' (2004) * '' CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Lila & Eve'' (2015) * '' Step Sisters'' (2017) * ''

Uncle Drew ''Uncle Drew'' is a 2018 American sports comedy film directed by Charles Stone III and written by Jay Longino. It stars Kyrie Irving as the title character from his Pepsi Max advertisements that began airing in 2012, along with former NBA playe ...

'' (2018)

Television

* '' Friday Night Lights'' (2007) * '' Lincoln Heights'' (2007–09) * ''Spaced'' (2008) (TV movie) * '' CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story'' (2013) (TV movie) * '' Greenleaf'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2018–19) * '' Black Monday'' (2019) * '' Bigger'' (2019) * ''

Mixed-ish ''Mixed-ish'' (stylized as ''ish'') was an American single-camera sitcom created by Kenya Barris, Peter Saji and Tracee Ellis Ross that premiered on ABC on September 24, 2019. The series is a prequel to ''Black-ish'', and the second series to b ...

'' (2019) * ''

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'' is an American musical comedy-drama television series created by Austin Winsberg that premiered on January 7, 2020, on NBC. The series stars Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke, a software developer who discovers she has t ...

'' (2020) * '' Superstore'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2022)

Music videos

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– " Funny Vibe" * Living Colour – " Elvis Is Dead" *

Colin James Colin James (born Colin James Munn, August 17, 1964) is a Canadian rock and blues singer and songwriter. Biography Early years James was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. His grandpa was Serbian. He got his break opening for Stevie Ray V ...

– " Just Came Back" * A Tribe Called Quest – "

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" * A Tribe Called Quest – "

Bonita Applebum "Bonita Applebum" is the second single from A Tribe Called Quest's debut album '' People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm''. The song contains samples of "Daylight" by RAMP, "Memory Band" by Rotary Connection, and "Fool Yourself" by ...

" * Intelligent Hoodlum – "Arrest the President" *

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– "

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" * Black Sheep – "

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" * Harmony – "Poundcake" *

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– " La Schmoove" * Fu-Schnickens – " True Fu-Schnick" * After 7 – "Can He Love U Like This" * Neneh Cherry featuring

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– "Sassy" * The Roots – "Distortion to Static" *

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– "Let's Stay Together" *

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– "Vinnie" *

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– "Mistaken Identity" * The Roots – "Concerto of the Desparado" * The Roots – "What They Do" * Large Professor – " Ijustwannachill" * Artifacts – "The Ultimate" * Stephen Simmonds – "Get Down" *

Ultra Naté Ultra Naté Wyche (born March 20, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ and promoter who has achieved success on the pop charts with songs such as "Free", " If You Could Read My Mind" (as part of Stars on 54), and "Autom ...

– " Found a Cure" *

P.M. Dawn P.M. Dawn was an American hip hop and R&B act that formed in 1988 by the brothers Attrell Cordes (known by his stage name Prince Be, sometimes credited as Prince Be the Nocturnal) and Jarrett Cordes (known as DJ Minutemix) in Jersey City, New J ...

featuring

John Forté John Forté (born January 30, 1975) is an American recording artist and producer. He is primarily known for being a member of the musical duo Refugee Camp All-Stars, and his production work on the Fugees album '' The Score''. He has released f ...

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– "Gotta Be...Movin On Up" * P.M. Dawn – "I Had No Right" * The Roots featuring

Erykah Badu Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by R&B, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut al ...

– " You Got Me" * The Roots – " The Next Movement" *

Shootyz Groove Shootyz Groove is an American rap rock band formed in Bronx, New York City, New York in 1992. History Formed in 1992, the band originally consisted of Donny on guitar, Spec on bass guitar, Dose on drums, and their two MCs Season and Sense. Withi ...

– "L Train" *

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– "Let's Do It"

References

External links

* Stone, Charles, III African-American film directors American film directors Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni Living people Rhode Island School of Design alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people American music video directors {{US-film-bio-stub