Charlese Antoinette Jones has worked on the Academy Award-winning film Judas and the Black Messiah and the new movie Air. We spoke with her about how she got her start and her career highlights.
It’s a freezing day in Brooklyn and Charlese Antoinette Jones is ordering food from Pies ‘n’ Thighs, a go-to fried chicken spot when we meet at the Okayplayer office. Outfitted in a white blouse, white denim pants, and white Maison Margiela Tabi boots (and topped off with a striking white milliner hat), she greets me warmly, fresh off of shooting for close to an hour in our studio space a block away.
The acclaimed costume designer in her late thirties is a few months removed from her last project, the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody. After working as the costume designer for the Oscar-nominated Judas and the Black Messiah (a film by an old friend, director Shaka King), Charlese said the phone began to ring with opportunities. Since then, she’s worked on projects ranging from Random Acts of Flyness to Nanny.
Now, she’s patiently waiting for her newest project Air to release. Hitting theaters on April 5, the Ben Affleck-directed Air details how Michael Jordan’s family and Nike executives…
