Grantee Spotlight: Myles Storey, Bright Ong, Nguyen Dang Tu Anh, & Lam Ha
On the Edge Fund, Storyteller grantee spotlight
18/06/2025
This story comes with strings attached… literally. Meet No Nose, one of the world's rarest primates and quite the character.
Myles Storey is an award-winning wildlife and documentary filmmaker from Sabah, Borneo. He has a background in Zoology and Wildlife Filmmaking and has worked on productions with the BBC Natural History Unit (2023/2024), World Animal Protection (2024), Wildscreen and On The Edge (2024).
Bright Ong is a multidisciplinary performance-maker, director, and puppetry creative from Malaysia. His portfolio of work spans across different fields within the performing arts and has spanned globally for over a decade including in London’s west end for My Neighbour Totoro (2023). His recent work includes creating a puppet of the elusive stump-tailed Macaque in Perlis, Malaysia to boost eco-tourism in a small town on the outskirts of protected forests (2024).
Nguyen Dang Tu Anh is a documentary filmmaker specialising in wildlife and local cultures in Vietnam. He has created personal projects that tell the stories of individuals working in wildlife conservation across the country as well as working on large productions with National Geographic, BBC (Planet Earth III) and WWF Vietnam.
Lam Ha is a producer with over 10 years of experience in video production with TV shows, digital content, music video, and documentary film in Vietnam. She currently produces with The Nomad, a local production company, which creates documentary films in Vietnam with clients such as Four Paws, Save Vietnam Wildlife, and WildAct to name a few.
The Story
This multimedia project will bring attention to one of Earth’s rarest primates by combining the art of puppetry and documentary filmmaking in a way that’s never been done before. The project includes a live puppet performance designed to reach local villagers and school children, as well as a 5-minute film to increase the reach and longevity of the story to a Vietnamese and international audience.
The story follows ‘no nose’, a young Tonkin snub-nosed monkey on a journey of self-discovery, searching for their “real nose,” only to realise that their unusual, snub-nosed face is perfectly adapted to their forest home. Narrated by no nose (in both Vietnamese and English), we get a first-person account of their journey leaving the forest and interacting with nearby villagers. The film will combine a scripted story with documentary sequences of the puppet interacting with children, local conservationists conducting their research and outreach, as well as wild monkey sequences from long lens specialists or camera traps.
Name:
Myles Storey
Bright Ong
Nguyen Dang Tu Anh
Lam Ha
Country of origin:
Malaysia
Singapore
Vietnam
Species of choice:
Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (CR)
Conservationist:
