Personal Info

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada

Justin Simms

Biography:

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

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Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas

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Away from Everywhere

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Crown and Anchor

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Hold Fast

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Crackie

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Infanticide!

Sadie

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Between Two Walls

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Face Machine

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Down to the Dirt

Acting

2024

Editing

2024

73 Seconds as Editor

Bedlamer as Editor

Ballad of North Whale as Editor

2023

Hebron Relocation as Editor

Party Pirate as Editor

The Gaze as Editor

2022

Bounce as Editor

Vegas as Editor

Grown in Darkness as Editor

Dead Wife Club as Editor

Fishbowl as Editor

Spirit Song Festival as Editor

End of the Line as Editor

2021

Hell or Clean Water as Editor

Nalujuk Night as Editor

2019

Always Going Never Gone as Editor

The Death of Winter as Editor

Radical as Editor

Ghost Artist as Editor

2018

Malignant as Editor

Hopeless Romantic as Editor

2017

Away from Everywhere as Editor

Casey as Editor

Waste It as Editor

2016

HAND. LINE. COD. as Editor

Skip as Editor

2015

Danny as Editor

The Tour as Editor

2014

Between Two Walls as Editor

Before the War as Editor

Boarding as Editor

2012

Two Square Feet as Editor

2009

Sweet Pickle as Editor

2008

Down to the Dirt as Editor

One of Us Cannot be Right as Additional Editing

2007

Here on In as Editor

Diamonds in a Bucket as Editor

2006

Punch-Up At A Wedding as Editor

2005

Pillowtalk as Editor

Directing

2024

Sons as Director

2019

Becoming Labrador as Director

2018

Crown and Anchor as First Assistant Director

2017

Away from Everywhere as Director

2016

HAND. LINE. COD. as Director

Skip as First Assistant Director

2015

Danny as Director

Long Term Care as Assistant Director

2014

Between Two Walls as Assistant Director

Sadie as Assistant Director

2013

Hold Fast as Director

Infanticide! as First Assistant Director

2012

Two Square Feet as First Assistant Director

A Life in the Days of Mary as First Assistant Director

2011

Hard Light as Director

2009

Crackie as First Assistant Director

2008

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas as Director

Down to the Dirt as Director

One of Us Cannot be Right as Assistant Director

2006

Face Machine as Director

Punch-Up At A Wedding as Director

Writing

2024

Sons as Writer

2018

Love, Scott as Story Editor

2016

HAND. LINE. COD. as Writer

2011

Hard Light as Writer

2010

Cardboard Junction as Story Editor

2008

Down to the Dirt as Screenplay

2006

Punch-Up At A Wedding as Screenplay

Face Machine as Writer

Camera

2024

Sons as Additional Photography

2019

Becoming Labrador as Director of Photography

Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures as Additional Photography

2016

HAND. LINE. COD. as Additional Camera

2015

Danny as Additional Camera

2013

Hold Fast as Additional Photography

2011

The White Balloon as Assistant Camera

Hard Light as Director of Photography

2005

Pillowtalk as Director of Photography

2004

I Dare Not Go as Director of Photography

Bloomsday Cabaret as Assistant Camera

Production

2023

Close to the Bone: The Film as Producer

2018

C Sharp and D Suspended as Producer

2008

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas as Producer

Down to the Dirt as Producer

Tiger Tom as Production Manager

2002

Swallowed as Production Manager

Crew

2024

Seguridad as Cinematography

2014

Song for Cuba as Cinematography

2011

Surprise! as Cinematography

2003

Behind the Red Door as Unit Publicist