Trivia

His favorite stage of filmmaking is writing. He only directs, produces and acts in order to secure to films releases.

Miller Goes To Town was shot in the basement of a church. dustan had many swears taken out while church members lurked around the set.

Graduated from J.R. Robson High School in 1999.

In the summer of 2020 he shot Small Town Breakdown on the exact same dates that Saskatchewan Filmmaker Aaron Sinclair shot The Wild. Small Town Breakdown had a budget of $5000 and The Wild had a budget of $100, 000. Saskatchewan has a small pool of talent and Small Town Breakdown lost many cast and crew to the more well-funded production.

Graduated from Briercrest College (2011).

Loves board games. His favourite type is trivia.

Two children: Reese Hlady (b. 2010) and Cohen Hlady (b. 2012).

During High School and much of his 20s dustan was a "steadfast Evangelical" often not letting people pass him on the street without being preached to. He now considers himself Post-Evangelical and rejects Evangelicalism and most facets of organized religion.

Friends with Megan Nash.

He was named after Dustin Hoffman and his uncle Stan.

Conceived Small Town Bringdown when hearing a rant from his dad about an upcoming "second Depression".

His favourite film is It's A Wonderful Life. He watched it once a year to recenter himself.

A fan of Greta Gerwig. He took her throw-away line in an Oscars montage seriously. She said "Make films. I want to see your film." He hopes to one day, show her something he's made.