ABOUT
Charlie likes to keep a couple of irons in the fire. After studying Comparative Literature at UGA, he joined the music collective Party Party Partners, producing music, curating events with international performers, as well as touring the US and Canada. He has also worked with Cloud Recordings.
During multiple stays in Guadalajara, Mexico between 2015-2017, Charlie helped to develop a small-scale coffee roaster while learning about Mexican culture.
A practicing cook since 2007, from classic diners like The Grill to fine dining at The National in Athens, GA, where his interest in the connections between food and culture flourished.
Charlie also practices mixed-media visual art, re-contextualizing Material Culture to produce surrealist reflections of the modern internal experience. He has shown at the Lyndon House Arts Center and Hotel Indigo in Athens, GA and the Mammal Gallery and 368 Ponce in Atlanta, GA.
Education
BA Comparative Literature; University of GA 2009
Studied World Literatures from West African Oral Traditions to East Asian Classical Literature, European Romanticism to Global Post-Modernism, Creative Writing to Old English. Studied French for 2 years. Avid DJ at WUOG 90.5 FM
MS Global Media and Cultures, Spanish Focus; Georgia Institute of Technology 2023
Practical studies of Documentary Filmmaking, Podcast Production, and Screenwriting; Applied Spanish-Language studies of Latin American Environmental Humanities, Documentary Eco-Cinema of Latin America, and Spanish Sociolinguistics; Post-Colonial Theory; Short-Format Documentary on Mutual Aid and Traditional Agriculture in Lares, Puerto Rico.
Language Skills
Spanish: Full Professional Proficiency
French: Limited Working Proficiency
English: Primary Fluency
Tech Skills
Audio Engineering: Audacity, Cubase, Logic, Audition
Office Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Design: Photoshop, Canva, Squarespace
Video Production: Premiere