Justin Simms

Personal Info

Known For Director

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

Director

2024
Sons

as Director

2019
Becoming Labrador

as Director

2018
Crown and Anchor

as First Assistant Director

2017
2016
HAND. LINE. COD.

as Director

2016
Skip

as First Assistant Director

2015
Danny

as Director

2015
Long Term Care

as Assistant Director

2014
Between Two Walls

as Assistant Director

2014
Sadie

as Assistant Director

2013
Hold Fast

as Director

2013
Infanticide!

as First Assistant Director

2012
Two Square Feet

as First Assistant Director

2009
Crackie

as First Assistant Director

2008
Down to the Dirt

as Director

2008
One of Us Cannot be Right

as Assistant Director

2006
Face Machine

as Director

2006

Editor

2024
73 Seconds

as Editor

2024
Bedlamer

as Editor

2023
2023
The Gaze

as Editor

2023
Party Pirate

as Editor

2022
Bounce

as Editor

2022
Vegas

as Editor

2022
2022
Dead Wife Club

as Editor

2022
Fishbowl

as Editor

2022
2022
End of the Line

as Editor

2021
2021
Nalujuk Night

as Editor

2019
2019
Radical

as Editor

2019
Ghost Artist

as Editor

2018
Malignant

as Editor

2018
2017
2017
Casey

as Editor

2017
Waste It

as Editor

2016
2016
Skip

as Editor

2015
Danny

as Editor

2015
The Tour

as Editor

2014
2012
Two Square Feet

as Editor

2009
Sweet Pickle

as Editor

2008
2008
One of Us Cannot be Right

as Additional Editing

2007
Here on In

as Editor

2007
2006
2005
Pillowtalk

as Editor

Camera

2024
Sons

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

2005
Pillowtalk

as Director of Photography

Writer

2024
Sons

as Writer

2016
2008
Down to the Dirt

as Screenplay

2006
Punch-Up At A Wedding

as Screenplay

2006
Face Machine

as Writer

Producer

2008
Down to the Dirt

as Producer

2008
Tiger Tom

as Production Manager

2002
Swallowed

as Production Manager

Crew

2024
Seguridad

as Cinematography

2019
Becoming Labrador

as Cinematography

2014
Song for Cuba

as Cinematography

2003
Behind the Red Door

as Unit Publicist

Actor

2024