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Justin Simms
- Place of birth
- Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada
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.
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Filmography
- 2026Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike JonesFilm · Director, Writer
- 2026A House Built on LiesFilm · Editor
- 2026Sing the World BetterFilm · Editor
- 2025History's HeadlinesFilm · Editor
- 2025FlickersFlickersFilm · Editor
- 2025The MuseFilm · Additional Editing
- 2025A Place to Wait and WatchFilm · Editor
- 2024BedlamerFilm · Editor
- 202473 SecondsFilm · Editor
- 2024Ballad of North WhaleBallad of North WhaleFilm · Editor
- 2024SeguridadFilm · Cinematography
- 2023If Not to DieFilm · Editor
- 2023SweetlandFilm · First Assistant Director
- 2023Party PirateFilm · Editor
- 2023The GazeFilm · Editor
- 2023Hebron RelocationFilm · Editor
- 2023Close to the Bone: The FilmFilm · Producer
- 2022BounceFilm · Editor
- 2022Dead Wife ClubFilm · Editor
- 2022Spirit Song FestivalSpirit Song FestivalFilm · Editor
- 2022FishbowlFilm · Editor
- 2022Grown in DarknessFilm · Editor
- 2022VegasFilm · Editor
- 2021Nalujuk NightFilm · Editor
- 2021Hell or Clean WaterFilm · Editor
- 2019The Death of WinterFilm · Editor
- 2019Ghost ArtistFilm · Editor
- 2019RadicalFilm · Editor
- 2019Becoming LabradorFilm · Director, Director of Photography
- 2019Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' FiguresFilm · Additional Photography
- 2019Always Going Never GoneFilm · Editor
- 2018Hopeless RomanticFilm · Editor
- 2018Crown and AnchorFilm · First Assistant Director
- 2018C Sharp and D SuspendedFilm · Producer
- 2018Love, ScottFilm · Story Editor
- 2018MalignantFilm · Editor
- 2017CaseyFilm · Editor
- 2017Waste ItWaste ItFilm · Editor
- 2017Away from EverywhereFilm · Editor, Director
- 2016CrocusesFilm · First Assistant Director
- 2016HAND. LINE. COD.Film · Writer, Additional Camera, Editor, Director
- 2016SkipSkipFilm · Editor, First Assistant Director
- 2016The Woman in WhiteThe Woman in WhiteFilm · Editor
- 2015The TourThe TourFilm · Editor
- 2015Long Term CareFilm · Assistant Director
- 2015DannyFilm · Director, Editor, Additional Camera
- 2014Song for CubaSong for CubaFilm · Cinematography
- 2014Between Two WallsFilm · Editor, Assistant Director
- 2014SadieFilm · Assistant Director
- 2014Before the WarBefore the WarFilm · Editor
- 2014BoardingBoardingFilm · Editor
- 2014TwiceTwiceFilm · Editor
- 2013Infanticide!Film · First Assistant Director
- 2013Hold FastFilm · Director, Additional Photography
- 2012A Life in the Days of MaryA Life in the Days of MaryFilm · First Assistant Director
- 2012Two Square FeetTwo Square FeetFilm · Editor, First Assistant Director
- 2011The White BalloonThe White BalloonFilm · Assistant Camera
- 2011Hard LightFilm · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2011Surprise!Surprise!Film · Cinematography
- 2010SnarbuckledFilm · First Assistant Director
- 2010Cardboard JunctionFilm · Story Editor
- 2009The Magnificent Molly McBrideThe Magnificent Molly McBrideFilm · Editor
- 2009CrackieFilm · First Assistant Director
- 2009Sweet PickleFilm · Editor
- 2009The Real MatriarchThe Real MatriarchFilm · Camera Operator
- 2008Down to the DirtFilm · Editor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2008One of Us Cannot be RightOne of Us Cannot be RightFilm · Assistant Director, Additional Editing
- 2008Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador SeasFilm · Producer, Director
- 2008Tiger TomTiger TomFilm · Production Manager
- 2007Diamonds in a BucketFilm · Editor
- 2007Here on InHere on InFilm · Editor
- 2006Face MachineFilm · Director, Writer
- 2006Punch-Up At A WeddingPunch-Up At A WeddingFilm · Screenplay, Editor, Director
- 2005PillowtalkFilm · Director of Photography, Editor
- 2004Bloomsday CabaretFilm · Assistant Camera
- 2004I Dare Not GoI Dare Not GoFilm · Director of Photography
- 2004The King HuntThe King HuntFilm · Director, Writer, Editor
- 2003Behind the Red DoorFilm · Unit Publicist★ 5.4
- 2002SwallowedFilm · Production Manager
