In 2004 he was promoted to Compositing Supervisor and spent a year designing the look of the New York dawn attack in King Kong. This scene went on to win the 2006 Visual Effects Society Award for Best Created Environment. His work on King Kong was also nominated for Best Compositing at the 2007 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards.

To date he has over 50 films on his list of credits including Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and The Adventures of Tintin (during which he became Head of Compositing). Charlie transitioned into a Visual Effects Supervisor role on The Hobbit trilogy, and has recently finished work on Avengers: Infinity War and Alita: Battle Angel. He is currently working on Game of Thrones, Season 8.