after moving to new york, styler co-founded the production company maven pictures with celine rattray in 2011. their first feature, "girl most likely", starred kristen wiig; closely followed by "filth", starring james mcavoy; "black nativity" starring forest whitaker; "ten thousand saints" starring ethan hawke; and "american honey" starring shia labeouf, which won jury prize (cannes film festival) at the cannes film festival in 2016. styler's 2017 directorial debut, "freak show", is based on the new york times bestseller by james st. james, and stars annasophia robb, alex lawther, and bette midler. "freak show" debuted at the 2017 berlin international film festival.