Than Niles studied production at the University of the Arts: London and the Wimbledon College of Art. He received a degree from the University of the Incarnate Word in Communications where he received the School of Media and Design: Monahan Media Studies Award in Convergent Media. Than has worked in the Texas film and commercial industries for 10 years, creating award-winning short films and web series while making content for brands like Alamo Drafthouse, Rackspace Technologies, the NCAA and Turner Broadcasting, Discovery Channel, and the US Air Force. He has spearheaded creative companies like Big Balloon Productions that creates and works with original narrative and music video projects, as well as Light Station Creative, a company that concentrates on brand storytelling and visual effects.