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BORN AND RAISED IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, MYLES WAS THE LAST OF FIVE SIBLIINGS: THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER. BEING THE BABY OF THE FAMILY, MYLES GARNERED BOTH TOO MUCH AND TOO LITTLE ATTENTION WHICH LED FOR AN OFT TIMES TROUBLED CHILDHOOD. WHILE AT HEART A GREAT AND FUNNY KID WITH MANY HIDDEN POTENTIALS FOR GREATNESS, MYLES SEEMED TO ENJOY BEING A PROBLEM CHILD, REALIZING NEGATIVE ACTIONS LED TO MORE ATTENTION. AT SIX YEARS OF AGE, HIS PARENTS DIVORCED WITH CUSTODY GOING TO HIS MOTHER. BECAUSE OF MYLES' WILD AND UNPREDICTABLE WAYS, HIS FATHER HAD VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH HIM DUE TO HIS INABILITY TO CONTROL HIS SON. THIS LEFT A VOID IN MYLES' LIFE FOR HIS ENTIRE CHILDHOOD, YET WORKED IN HIS FAVOR LATER AS IT CAUSED HIM TO GROW INTO A MATURE, WISE AND LOVING ADULT WHO OUTGREW HIS CHILDISH WAYS AND LEARNED FROM ALL HIS PAST BEHAVIORS, REALIZING THAT HIS OWN ACTIONS WERE IN HIS CONTROL. GROWING UP, MYLES MOVED AROUND MORE THAN ANYONE HE KNEW, BOTH WITH HIS FAMILY AND BY BEING SENT TO DIFFERENT PRIVATE SCHOOLS AWAY FROM HOME. THROUGH IT ALL, HE MET PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCED MORE BY HIS SENIOR YEAR THAN MOST WHICH PREPARED HIM FOR A FUTURE AWAY AT UNIVERSITIES, THE MILITARY AND HOLLYWOOD. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, MYLES TRIED HIS LUCK AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND HAD QUITE THE EXPERIENCE. STAYING FOR A MERE YEAR AND A HALF, HE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM PURSUING THEATER, RADIO AND TV (WHERE HE ALSO DJ'ED AT THE STUDENT RUN RADIO STATION AND OPERATED STUDIO CAMERAS AT THE UNIVERSITY TV STATION) AND JOURNALISM TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. MYLES REALIZED THAT AT 19 YEARS OF AGE, HE LACKED THE FOCUS, MATURITY AND SELF CONFIDENCE TO REACH HIS FULL POTENTIAL AS A STUDENT, BOTH ON AND OFF STAGE. HE REALIZED HE NEEDED GROWING UP TO DO AND WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN THE MILITARY. MYLES SPENT FOUR YEARS IN THE ARMY AS A STILL PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST. BEING AWARE THE ARMY OFFERED JOURNALISM, PUBLIC RELATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER AUDIO/VISUAL SPECIALTIES, MYLES KNEW HE'D RATHER HAVE A CAMERA IN HIS HANDS THAN A RIFLE OR OPERATING A TANK. HE WANTED TO DOCUMENT THE ACTION AND DEVELOP HIS PASSION FOR THE STILL AND MOVING IMAGE. MYLES WAS STATIONED AT FORT KNOX, DENVER AND AUGSBURG, GERMANY. MYLES LIVED AND WORKED, BOTH IN AND AFTER THE ARMY FOR SIX YEARS IN AUGSBURG, GERMANY AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTO LAB MANAGER/PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE TRIAD OF ARMY POSTS (FLAK, REESE, SHERIDAN), DJ/VJ FOR ARMY CLUBS AND TWO GERMAN BAR/RESTAURANTS AND A MEDICAL LAB ASSISTANT FOR A GERMAN MEDICAL COMPANY. AFTER THE MILITARY, MYLES BECAME INTEGRATED WITH THE GERMAN SYSTEM AND SOCIETY BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, BECOMING FLUENT IN THE LANGUAGE. WHILE THERE, HE DISCOVERED SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY WHILE RESEARCHING SCHOOLS BACK IN AMERICA AND IN 1994, MYLES WENT THERE TO FINISH HIS DEGREE IN THEATER, WITH A MINOR FOCUS IN FILM PRODUCTION. DURING HIS TIME THERE, MYLES ALSO WENT OUT TO HOLLYWOOD FOR AN INTERNSHIP THAT STARTED AS A SUMMER ASSIGNMENT AND GREW INTO A THREE YEAR STAY. RETURNING TO SIUC, HE EXCELLED. THIS TIME AROUND, MYLES WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, FOCUSED, CONFIDENT AND MATURE MAN, PERFORMING IN LEAD ROLES ON THE MAIN STAGE AND LAB THEATER. HE ALSO HAD HIS OWN SHOWS ON BOTH STUDENT RUN RADIO AND TV STATIONS. COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE AND ALWAYS DOING THE WORK, MYLES FELT EXTREMELY GRATIFIED GOING BACK, SURPASSING ALL HIS DREAMS AND BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITIES HE HAD WORKED HARD TO PREPARE FOR. IT CAME EASY COMPARED WITH HIS EARLIER ATTEMPTS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND HE PROVED THAT YOU CAN GO BACK AND FINISH WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE AND SOMETIMES WAITING AND GAINING LIFE EXPERIENCE MAKES FOR BETTER RESULTS. LIVING AND WORKING OFF AND ON IN HOLLYWOOD SINCE 1995, MYLES HAS WORKED FOR A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES: WARNER BROS. STUDIOS, E! ENTERTAINMENT, CASTING DIRECTOR VICTORIA BURROWS, MAVERICK RECORDS, CBS-TV AND OTHERS. HE'S ALSO FILMED A VARIETY OF LOCAL LIVE CONCERTS: ABBY TRAVIS, REBEKAH DEL RIO, JACKIE BEAT, NICK HEYWARD, JANE WIEDLIN, E.G. DAILY, ANN MAGNUSON, INDIA DUPRE AND MORE. HE'S ALSO TAKEN A PLETHORA OF ACTING CLASSES FROM JEFF GOLDBLUM, ROBERT FORSTER, STEPPENWOLF CLASSES WEST AND OTHERS AND HAD EXTRA AND BIT ROLES IN SEVERAL FILMS AND TV SHOWS. MYLES HAS ALSO DEEJAYED AT NUMEROUS CLUB AND VENUES THROUGHOUT HOLLYWOOD INCLUDING THE CAST PARTY FOR TV SHOW CHICAGO HOPE AND THE PRE-SHOW DJ FOR AN ERASURE CONCERT AT AMERICAN LEGION HALL. MYLES ALSO DESIGNED A 9"x4" SCISSOR SISTERS BACKDROP PAINTING FOR THEIR SHOW AT THE TROUBADOUR.For video works by Myles, go to www.youtube.com/mylesmatisse