Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive)

Chuck Wilson (born Charles Wilson, Jr. on April 23rd, 1968) is a multimedia executive. He is currently the CEO of Triumph Media Holdings, a multimedia company. Wilson is also the founder of Babygrande Records. He has served as the executive producer on over 100 titles. In addition, Wilson was the Director of A&R at Priority Records as well as Director of Business Affairs at Black Entertainment Television (“BET”). He also conceived and co-wrote the 2004 film, Soul Plane.

Wilson broke into the film industry as an intern for Spike Lee on the set of 1994's Crooklyn. Wilson sold his first script to Danny DeVito in 1999. The film was about wealthy African Americans in the Hamptons, which Wilson said was akin to “a black Great Gatsby". The same year, Wu-Tang International optioned his music-based urban drama Trife Life and Jersey Films purchased his untitled urban comedy pitch, centered on golf.Trife Life was set to star Mos Def, but never came to fruition. He went on to write and direct the short film, Breakfast At Ben’s which was also a part of his deal with Wu-Tang International. Wilson was granted rare access to shoot the film in the historic Washington, D.C. restaurant Ben's Chili Bowl where his father used to take him to eat as a child.Breakfast At Ben’s appeared on Warner Brothers’s compilation, Afrocentricity and premiered at the 2000 Urbanworld Film Festival. It also appeared in the DC Independent Film Festival as well as the Maryland Film Festival. Wilson went on to co-write the film, Soul Plane which was described by Variety magazine as a next generation Airplane.Soul Plane came under fire from several members of the black community including Spike Lee who accused the film of being exploitative of African Americans. In 2004, he was slated to write “a black wedding comedy” titled, Meet The Mo’Fockers, parodying such films as Meet The Parents and The Wedding Singer. The film was part of a deal with Maverick Films company, then owned by Madonna. Despite its comedic nature, the film was also set to examine class differences within the black community. Wilson has also collaborated with RZA on a screenplay entitle "Black Shampoo" based on the Wu-Tang Clan leader’s alter-ego, Bobby Digital.

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