Justin Simms
Directing
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
Directing24
movieSweetland
2023
First Assistant Director
movieBecoming Labrador
2019
Director
movieCrown and Anchor
2018
First Assistant Director
movieAway from Everywhere
2017
Director
movieCrocuses
2016
First Assistant Director
movieHAND. LINE. COD.
2016
Director
Skip
2016
First Assistant Director
movieLong Term Care
2015
Assistant Director
movieDanny
2015
Director
movieBetween Two Walls
2014
Assistant Director
movieSadie
2014
Assistant Director
movieInfanticide!
2013
First Assistant Director
movieHold Fast
2013
Director
A Life in the Days of Mary
2012
First Assistant Director
Two Square Feet
2012
First Assistant Director
movieHard Light
2011
Director
movieSnarbuckled
2010
First Assistant Director
movieCrackie
2009
First Assistant Director
movieDown to the Dirt
2008
Director
One of Us Cannot be Right
2008
Assistant Director
movieFace Machine
2006
Director
Editing49
movieThe Muse
2025
Additional Editing
movieBedlamer
2024
Editor
movie73 Seconds
2024
Editor
movieIf Not to Die
2023
Editor
movieParty Pirate
2023
Editor
movieThe Gaze
2023
Editor
movieBounce
2022
Editor
movieDead Wife Club
2022
Editor
movieFishbowl
2022
Editor
movieVegas
2022
Editor
movieNalujuk Night
2021
Editor
movieGhost Artist
2019
Editor
movieRadical
2019
Editor
movieMalignant
2018
Editor
movieCasey
2017
Editor
Skip
2016
Editor
movieDanny
2015
Editor
movieSweet Pickle
2009
Editor
One of Us Cannot be Right
2008
Additional Editing
moviePillowtalk
2005
Editor
Camera11
movieBecoming Labrador
2019
Director of Photography
movieRick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019
Additional Photography
movieHAND. LINE. COD.
2016
Additional Camera
movieDanny
2015
Additional Camera
movieHold Fast
2013
Additional Photography
The White Balloon
2011
Assistant Camera
movieHard Light
2011
Director of Photography
The Real Matriarch
2009
Camera Operator
moviePillowtalk
2005
Director of Photography
movieBloomsday Cabaret
2004
Assistant Camera
I Dare Not Go
2004
Director of Photography
Writing8
movieLove, Scott
2018
Story Editor
movieHard Light
2011
Writer
movieCardboard Junction
2010
Story Editor
movieDown to the Dirt
2008
Screenplay
movieFace Machine
2006
Writer
Production6
movieC Sharp and D Suspended
2018
Producer
movieDown to the Dirt
2008
Producer
Tiger Tom
2008
Production Manager
movieSwallowed
2002
Production Manager
Crew4
movieSeguridad
2024
Cinematography
Song for Cuba
2014
Cinematography
Surprise!
2011
Cinematography
movieBehind the Red Door
2003
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