Ewles has adopted the alternate spelling "Yules", for use on his feature film projects.

Ewles has directed music videos for the bands Grizzly Bear, Of Montreal and Owen Pallett.

[2] His main influences include Charlie Kaufman, Jan Švankmajer, Julian Schnabel, and William Blake as well as Public Broadcasting animations from the 1970s produced by the CBC and PBS.

[4] In November 2012, Yules finished writing his first feature screenplay under the working title SOMA.

In October 2020, Yules began work on a film about the effect conspiracy theories are having on romantic relationships.