---
name: "Charles Stone III"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-stone-iii"
fi1m_id: "charles-stone-iii"
imdb_id: "nm0831690"
tmdb_id: 80215
wikidata_id: "Q5082704"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:07:50.741634+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Stone III

## Identity

Charles Stone III

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-stone-iii
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-stone-iii
- **IMDb ID:** nm0831690
- **TMDB ID:** 80215
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5082704
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stone_III, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831690/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80215

Director. Born 1 January 1966 in Philadelphia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1966, Philadelphia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stone_III, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831690/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80215

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Stone III (born 1966) is an American film and television director. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the son of journalist and Tuskegee Airman Chuck Stone.

Stone is known for directing the feature films *Drumline* (2002), *Paid in Full* (2002) and *Mr. 3000* (2004). He has also directed episodes of television series including *Friday Night Lights* (2006), *black-ish* (2014) and *Superstore* (2015), as well as later films such as *Uncle Drew* (2018) and *The Underdoggs* (2024).

He created the Budweiser 'Whassup?' advertising campaign and directed the music video 'What They Do' for The Roots.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Underdoggs* (2024), Director
- *Naomi* (2022), series, Director
- *mixed-ish* (2019), series, Director
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, Director
- *Uncle Drew* (2018), Director
- *Step Sisters* (2018), Director
- *Superstore* (2015), series, Director
- *Lila & Eve* (2015), Director
- *black-ish* (2014), series, Director
- *Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story* (2013), Director
- *Spaced* (2008), Director
- *Lincoln Heights* (2007), series, Director
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Mr. 3000* (2004), Director
- *Drumline* (2002), Director
- *Paid in Full* (2002), Director
- *Afrocentricity* (2000), Director
- *True* (1999), Director, Producer, Editor

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