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