Boston-born, Los Angeles-based filmmaker & photographer, Myles graduated from the University of Denver in 2020 studying film studies and vis art. His films are anchored on investigating community, using it to leverage community effort and education.During school, his film, Keh-Hee-Lah, was accepted in the Denver Jewish Film Festival. He also achieved fluency in Spanish by studying at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso in Chile and traveling the country during a time of its social unrest.
After school he took to the west to pursue outdoor conservation efforts including trail maintenance and wildland firefighting in Idaho and Washington state. Here, he gained skills as a professional Sawyer, a Type 1 Firefighter, and Public information officer (PIO). In his free time, he heavily improved his rope and mountaineering skills while skiing and rock climbing in the North Cascades, as well as volunteering with Okanogan Search & Rescue. All the while, he continued to produce filmic and photographic works. Myles now resides in Los Angeles where he works multi-disciplinarily as a filmmaker, photographer, and PIO. He is currently involved in California’s prescribed burn associations in numerous counties, committed to put down ‘good fire’ and connecting community through landscape.

*Say hello@mylesjosephstudios.com

Boston-born, Los Angeles-based filmmaker & photographer, Myles graduated from the University of Denver in 2020 studying film studies and vis art. His films are anchored on investigating community, using it to leverage community effort and education. During school, his film, Keh-Hee-Lah, was accepted in the Denver Jewish Film Festival. He also achieved fluency in Spanish by studying at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso in Chile and traveling the country during a time of its social unrest.
After school he took to the west to pursue outdoor conservation efforts including trail maintenance and wildland firefighting in Idaho and Washington state. Here, he gained skills as a professional Sawyer, a Type 1 Firefighter, and Public Information Officer (PIO). In his free time, he heavily improved his rope and mountaineering skills while skiing and rock climbing in the North Cascades, as well as volunteering with Okanogan Search & Rescue. All the while, he continued to produce filmic and photographic works.
Myles now resides in Los Angeles where he works multi-disciplinarily as a filmmaker, photographer, and PIO. He is currently involved in California’s prescribed burn associations in numerous counties, committed to put down ‘good fire’ and connecting community through landscape.

*Say hello@mylesjosephstudios.com

Curriculum Vitae

Awards & Grants

  • Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant — American Wildfire Experience (2023)
  • Partners in Scholarship Grant — University of Denver (2020)
  • Cherrington Global Scholars — University of Denver (2019)
  • Robert Yablans Film Production Grant — University of Denver: Film, Media, and Journalism Studies Department (2018)
  • Residence Hall Grant — University of Denver (2017)
  • Most Outstanding Student in Media Film and Journalism Studies Department — University of Denver (2020)
  • Melrose Scholarship for Film, Media, and Journalism Studies — University of Denver (2019)
  • Dean’s Scholarship — University of Denver (2016-2020)
  • Dean’s List — University of Denver(2016–2020)

Press

Exhibition

  • Flame & Flurry (2024) – Photography Gallery: Ryzo Wine, Twisp, WA
  • LE-Fish (2019) — Art Installation: Arduino, NeoPixel LED Lights, Plastic Bags, Cardboard, University of Denver
  • Keh-Hee-Lah (2019) — Denver Jewish Film Festival
  • Scree (2020) — 360º Film: After Effects, Logic Pro X, Field Recordings, Oculus Rift 

Education

  • B.A .Film Studies and Production & Emergent Digital Practices — University of Denver, Denver, CO (2016-2020)
  • School of Art — Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Metropolitan Region, Chile (2019)
  • Advanced Photography Program — Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2015-2016)

Publication

  • Flame & Flurry — Other/Other Press (2024)