MYLES AQUINO

Myles is a Las Vegas/Los Angeles-based freelance DP/AC and holds a BFA in Cinema Production. Experienced on both large and small crews in the industry for the past five years and counting, he has worked on several independent features, short films, commercials, and corporate sets as a director of photography, camera operator, drone operator, editor, colorist, analog loader, 1st/2nd AC, DIT, and gaffer. He has worked previously as a teaching assistant in post-production, teaching assistant in image design, film equipment technician, digital projectionist, and as an equipment technician and camera operator for a local production company.

Myles is the two-time recipient of both the Aputure Lighting and Kodak Educational Grants for his most recent films, two-time recipient of the Virgil Grillo Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Awards from the Department of Cinema Studies at CU Boulder, and a grant winner for the Center for Humanities & Arts’ Call to Combat Anti-Asian Racism. He has several works that have been admitted into film festivals, including Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival organized by Denver Film Festival and Horsetooth International Film Festival. Outside of film, Myles writes screenplays, experiments with 35mm hand development, and collaborates with local artists for installation and exhibit works involving stills and video.