Charles Stone III

Charles Stone III (born 1966) is an American film director, known for films such as 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 United States advertising campaign "Whassup?" for Budweiser. 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), he is the son of Louise Davis Stone and journalist and Tuskegee Airman Chuck Stone.

Filmography

• Drumline (2002)
• Paid in Full (2002)
• Mr. 3000 (2004)
• CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013)
• Lila & Eve (2015)

Music videos directed by Charles Stone III

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• Living Colour - 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
• Intelligent Hoodlum - Arrest the President
• Public Enemy - 911 Is a Joke
• Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
• Harmony - Poundcake
• Fu-Schnickens - La Schmoove
• Fu-Schnickens - True Fu-Schnick
• After 7 - Can He Love U Like This
• Neneh Cherry featuring 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 - Ijustwannachill
• Artifacts - The Ultimate
• Stephen Simmonds - Get Down
• Ultra Naté - Found a Cure
• P.M. Dawn featuring John Forté & Ky-Mani Marley - Gotta Be...Movin On Up
• PM Dawn - I Had No Right
• The Roots featuring Erykah Badu - You Got Me
• The Roots - The Next Movement
• Shootyz Groove - L Train
• Quad City DJ's - Let's Do It

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
2. Ducker, Eric. "On The Job Training: Part Five". waxpoetics.com. Retrieved 9/12/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "Charles Stone III". director videography. mvd.com. Retrieved 9/12/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

• Charles Stone III at the Internet Movie Database