Directing
Justin Simms
EN, ES cinema · 79 credits
Birthplace
Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada
Justin Simms is a Newfoundland and Labrador filmmaker whose first feature film, Down to the Dirt, received the best Atlantic feature and best screenplay awards at the Atlantic Film Festival. His feature film adaptation Away from Everywhere (2016), based on the Chad Pelley novel of the same name, had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as part of Telefilm Canada’s Perspectives Canada program. His non-fiction credits include Hard Light (2011), Danny (2014) and the short Hand.Line.Cod (2016), which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Known for
Filmography
Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike Jones
Director, Writer
The Muse
Additional Editing
Seguridad
Cinematography
The Gaze
Editor
Sweetland
First Assistant Director
Bounce
Editor
Vegas
Editor
Becoming Labrador
Director, Director of Photography
Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
Additional Photography
Crown and Anchor
First Assistant Director
Love, Scott
Story Editor
Away from Everywhere
Editor, Director
Casey
Editor
HAND. LINE. COD.
Writer, Additional Camera, Editor, Director
Skip
2016
Skip
Editor, First Assistant Director
Crocuses
First Assistant Director
Danny
Director, Editor, Additional Camera
Long Term Care
Assistant Director
Between Two Walls
Editor, Assistant Director
Song for Cuba
Cinematography
Sadie
Assistant Director
Hold Fast
Director, Additional Photography
Infanticide!
First Assistant Director
Two Square Feet
2012
Two Square Feet
Editor, First Assistant Director
A Life in the Days of Mary
2012
A Life in the Days of Mary
First Assistant Director
The White Balloon
2011
The White Balloon
Assistant Camera
Hard Light
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Surprise!
2011
Surprise!
Cinematography
Cardboard Junction
Story Editor
Snarbuckled
First Assistant Director
Crackie
First Assistant Director
The Real Matriarch
2009
The Real Matriarch
Camera Operator
Down to the Dirt
Editor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Producer, Director
One of Us Cannot be Right
2008
One of Us Cannot be Right
Assistant Director, Additional Editing
Tiger Tom
2008
Tiger Tom
Production Manager
Punch-Up At A Wedding
2006
Punch-Up At A Wedding
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Face Machine
Director, Writer
Pillowtalk
Director of Photography, Editor
I Dare Not Go
2004
I Dare Not Go
Director of Photography
Bloomsday Cabaret
Assistant Camera
The King Hunt
2004
The King Hunt
Director, Writer, Editor
Behind the Red Door
Unit Publicist
Swallowed
Production Manager