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A young Cambodian-American woman visits her ancestral home for the first time, determined to learn the history of her parents and their fight to survive the Khmer Rouge that tore their country apart. A story told in three chapters. Starring Ellen Wong as Hope.

Screenplay by: Dane Styler and Caylee So

Directed by: Caylee So and Sok Visal

2109 Winter Film Awards

Best Picture

Award of Excellence

2018 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival

Best Narrative Feature Film

Audience Award, Narrative Feature

2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Audience Award, Narrative Feature

In the Life of Music is available on Amazon Prime.

In this CGI animated television series developed by Man of Action, young Axel Mulligan transforms into a living action figure and, with the help of his team of toy heroes, protects his gauntlets, the Power Bandz, from the clutches of the evil toy Madcap and his minions.

Premiered in 2019 on Cartoon Network and currently available on Netflix.

Story by Dane Styler

S1.22 “Bear-Knuckle Brawl” (2020)

S1.44 “Madtrap” (2020)

A comic book anthology written, edited, and published by Dane.

A comic short story utilizing a fixed view point.

A short film about the American history of cannabis. Concept written by Dane for MedMen and directed by Spike Jonze.

For an undergraduate capstone project, Dane directed a one-act play and then a 40-minute film adaptation of the same play for a comparative study of directing methodologies and narrative structures.