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'''Charles Stone III''' is a film director, known for films such as: ''[[Drumline (movie)|Drumline]]'' starring [[Nick Cannon]], and [[Mr. 3000]] starring [[Bernie Mac]]. Currently, he is in production of the movie, ''[[Tekken]]'', based on the video game.
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{{Infobox person
| name = Charles Stone III
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| years_active = 1998–present
| occupation = Film director
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'''Charles Stone III''' (born 1966) is an American film director. He is best known for ''[[Drumline (film)|Drumline]]'' starring [[Nick Cannon]], ''[[Mr. 3000]]'' starring [[Bernie Mac]], and ''[[Paid in Full (2002 film)|Paid in Full]]''.
Stone was one of the creators of the popular [[United States]] [[advertising campaign]], [[Whassup?]] for [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]].

Stone directed the video to "[[Illadelph Halflife|What They Do]]" by [[The Roots]], featuring the group running through many rap video clichés.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2pt1f_the-roots-what-they-do_music |title=Dailymotion - the Roots - What They do, a video from The-Roots. The, roots, what, they, 2005 |accessdate=August 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206162051/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2pt1f_the-roots-what-they-do_music |archivedate=December 6, 2008 }}</ref>

Stone is the creator of the popular [[advertising campaign]] "[[Whassup?]]" for [[Budweiser]] 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 [[Barack Obama]].

A 1984 graduate of [[Central High School (Philadelphia)|Central High School]] in [[Philadelphia]], he is the son of Louise Davis Stone and journalist and [[Tuskegee Airman]] and journalist [[Chuck Stone]].

==Filmography==
===Film===
* ''[[Drumline (film)|Drumline]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Paid in Full (2002 film)|Paid in Full]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Mr. 3000]]'' (2004)
* ''[[CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Lila & Eve]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Step Sisters]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Uncle Drew]]'' (2018)
* ''[[The Underdoggs]]'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-10-04 |title=Snoop Dogg's MGM Comedy 'The Underdoggs' Sets Ensemble With Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps, Andrew Schulz & George Lopez |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/snoop-dogg-the-underdoggs-george-lopez-tika-sumpter-mike-epps-1235135277/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012115359/https://deadline.com/2022/10/snoop-dogg-the-underdoggs-george-lopez-tika-sumpter-mike-epps-1235135277/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Television===
* ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Lincoln Heights (TV series)|Lincoln Heights]]'' (2007–09)
* ''Spaced'' (2008) (TV movie)
* ''[[CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story]]'' (2013) (TV movie)
* ''[[Greenleaf (TV series)|Greenleaf]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Black-ish]]'' (2018–19)
* ''[[Black Monday (TV series)|Black Monday]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Bigger (TV series)|Bigger]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Mixed-ish]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Kenan (TV series)|Kenan]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Naomi (TV series)|Naomi]]'' (2022)

==Music videos==
<ref>{{cite web|last=Ducker|first=Eric|title=On The Job Training: Part Five|date=June 11, 2012|url=http://www.waxpoetics.com/features/articles/on-the-job-training-part-five|publisher=waxpoetics.com|accessdate=December 9, 2012|archive-date=December 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209123233/http://www.waxpoetics.com/features/articles/on-the-job-training-part-five|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Stone III|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Stone+III&first=Charles|work=director videography|publisher=mvd.com|accessdate=December 9, 2012|archive-date=October 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009071427/http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Stone+III&first=Charles|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Living Colour]] – "[[Funny Vibe (song)|Funny Vibe]]"
* Living Colour – "[[Elvis Is Dead]]"
* [[Colin James]] – "[[Just Came Back]]"
* [[A Tribe Called Quest]] – "[[I Left My Wallet in El Segundo]]"
* A Tribe Called Quest – "[[Bonita Applebum]]"
* [[Tragedy Khadafi|Intelligent Hoodlum]] – "Arrest the President"
* [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] – "[[911 Is a Joke]]"
* [[Black Sheep (group)|Black Sheep]] – "[[The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)]]"
* [[Boogie Down Productions|Harmony]] – "Poundcake"
* [[Fu-Schnickens]] – "[[La Schmoove]]"
* Fu-Schnickens – "[[True Fuschnick|True Fu-Schnick]]"
* [[After 7]] – "Can He Love U Like This"
* [[Neneh Cherry]] featuring [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]] – "Sassy"
* [[The Roots]] – "Distortion to Static"
* [[Eric Benét]] – "Let's Stay Together"
* [[Screaming Headless Torsos]] – "Vinnie"
* [[Vernon Reid]] – "Mistaken Identity"
* The Roots – "Concerto of the Desparado"
* The Roots – "What They Do"
* [[Large Professor]] – "[[I Juswannachill|Ijustwannachill]]"
* [[Artifacts (group)|Artifacts]] – "The Ultimate"
* [[Stephen Simmonds]] – "Get Down"
* [[Ultra Naté]] – "[[Found a Cure (Ultra Naté song)|Found a Cure]]"
* [[P.M. Dawn]] featuring [[John Forté]] & [[Ky-Mani Marley]] – "Gotta Be...Movin On Up"
* P.M. Dawn – "I Had No Right"
* The Roots featuring [[Erykah Badu]] – "[[You Got Me (The Roots song)|You Got Me]]"
* The Roots – "[[The Next Movement]]"
* [[Shootyz Groove]] – "L Train"
* [[Quad City DJ's]] – "Let's Do It"

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831690/ Charles Stone III] at [[IMDB]]
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Charles Stone III
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationFilm director
Years active1998–present

Charles Stone III (born 1966) is an American film director. He is best known for Drumline starring Nick Cannon, Mr. 3000 starring Bernie Mac, and Paid in Full.

Stone directed the video to "What They Do" by The Roots, featuring the group running through many rap video clichés.[1]

Stone is the creator of the popular advertising campaign "Whassup?" for Budweiser 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 Barack Obama.

A 1984 graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, he is the son of Louise Davis Stone and journalist and Tuskegee Airman and journalist Chuck Stone.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

Music videos[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dailymotion - the Roots - What They do, a video from The-Roots. The, roots, what, they, 2005". Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  2. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 4, 2022). "Snoop Dogg's MGM Comedy 'The Underdoggs' Sets Ensemble With Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps, Andrew Schulz & George Lopez". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Ducker, Eric (June 11, 2012). "On The Job Training: Part Five". waxpoetics.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "Charles Stone III". director videography. mvd.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

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