Charles Hart was born in London and educated in Maidenhead and Cambridge.

He has written words for musicals (including The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, The Kissing-Dance and The Dreaming) for opera and songs; words and music for television and radio. He is also a composer of instrumental music and his most recent work, Two Studies for String Quartet received its premiere in February 2005 at London's Purcell Room, performed by the Sacconi Quartet.

Charles' photographs have appeared widely; in 2003 he was one of three photographers to feature in an exhibition organized by UNICEF to celebrate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.