
About
Justin Simms
Overview
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
Directing |
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2024 | Sons | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2019 | Becoming Labrador | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Crown and Anchor | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2017 | Away from Everywhere | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2016 | Crocuses | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | HAND. LINE. COD. | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | Skip | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Long Term Care | Directing | Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | Danny | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Between Two Walls | Directing | Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Sadie | Directing | Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | Infanticide! | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | Hold Fast | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2012 | A Life in the Days of Mary | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Two Square Feet | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Hard Light | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Crackie | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2008 | Down to the Dirt | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2008 | One of Us Cannot be Right | Directing | Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | Face Machine | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | Punch-Up At A Wedding | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2004 | The King Hunt | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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2018 | Love, Scott | Writing | Story Editor | 58 Average |
2016 | HAND. LINE. COD. | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2011 | Hard Light | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2010 | Cardboard Junction | Writing | Story Editor | N/A N/A |
2008 | Down to the Dirt | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
2006 | Face Machine | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2006 | Punch-Up At A Wedding | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
2004 | The King Hunt | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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2023 | Close to the Bone: The Film | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2018 | C Sharp and D Suspended | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2008 | Down to the Dirt | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2008 | Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2008 | Tiger Tom | Production | Production Manager | N/A N/A |
2002 | Swallowed | Production | Production Manager | N/A N/A |
Camera |
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2019 | Becoming Labrador | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2019 | Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures | Camera | Additional Photography | N/A N/A |
2016 | HAND. LINE. COD. | Camera | Additional Camera | N/A N/A |
2015 | Danny | Camera | Additional Camera | N/A N/A |
2013 | Hold Fast | Camera | Additional Photography | 58 Average |
2011 | The White Balloon | Camera | Assistant Camera | N/A N/A |
2011 | Hard Light | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2005 | Pillowtalk | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2004 | Bloomsday Cabaret | Camera | Assistant Camera | N/A N/A |
2004 | I Dare Not Go | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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2024 | Seguridad | Crew | Cinematography | 58 Average |
2014 | Song for Cuba | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2003 | Behind the Red Door | Crew | Unit Publicist | 58 Average |
Editing |
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2024 | Bedlamer | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2024 | 73 Seconds | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2024 | Ballad of North Whale | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | If Not to Die | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | Party Pirate | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | The Gaze | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | Hebron Relocation | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | End of the Line | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Bounce | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Dead Wife Club | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Spirit Song Festival | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Fishbowl | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Grown in Darkness | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2022 | Vegas | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2021 | Nalujuk Night | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2021 | Hell or Clean Water | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2019 | The Death of Winter | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2019 | Ghost Artist | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2019 | Radical | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2019 | Always Going Never Gone | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2018 | Hopeless Romantic | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2018 | Malignant | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2017 | Casey | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2017 | Waste It | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2017 | Away from Everywhere | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
2016 | HAND. LINE. COD. | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2016 | Skip | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2016 | The Woman in White | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2015 | The Tour | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2015 | Danny | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2014 | Between Two Walls | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2014 | Boarding | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2014 | Before the War | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2012 | Two Square Feet | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Magnificent Molly McBride | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2009 | Sweet Pickle | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2008 | Down to the Dirt | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
2008 | One of Us Cannot be Right | Editing | Additional Editing | N/A N/A |
2007 | Diamonds in a Bucket | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2006 | Punch-Up At A Wedding | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2005 | Pillowtalk | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |
2004 | The King Hunt | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |