Charles was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio where he attended the University of Cincinnati and graduated with a BA in Communications in 2005. He packed up and moved to London, England in 2006, where he worked for the Boston University Study Abroad Program. After his visa expired he moved to Breckenridge, Colorado to work for Vail Resorts. After thawing out from the ski season he packed up again and moved to Seoul, South Korea to teach English in 2008. He returned to Cincinnati to prep his Reel for Grad School and graduated from Chapman University with an MFA in Film Production in 2013. He has since worked as a Camera Assistant on such movies as Her (2013), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) and Cake (2014). Charles is currently working on the Photography Team for the Nike studio in LA.