A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada
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.
Additional Camera:
2015 Danny
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
Additional Editing:
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2015 Danny
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
Additional Photography:
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2013 Hold Fast
2015 Danny
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
Assistant Camera:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2011 The White Balloon
2013 Hold Fast
2015 Danny
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
Assistant Director:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2011 The White Balloon
2013 Hold Fast
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Sadie
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
Cinematography:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2013 Hold Fast
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2024 Seguridad
Director:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 The King Hunt
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2013 Hold Fast
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2017 Away from Everywhere
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2024 Seguridad
Director of Photography:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2013 Hold Fast
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2017 Away from Everywhere
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2024 Seguridad
Editor:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
First Assistant Director:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2009 Crackie
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 A Life in the Days of Mary
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2013 Infanticide!
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 Crocuses
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 Crown and Anchor
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
Producer:
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2009 Crackie
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 A Life in the Days of Mary
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2013 Infanticide!
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 Crocuses
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 C Sharp and D Suspended
2018 Crown and Anchor
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Close to the Bone: The Film
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
Production Manager:
2002 Swallowed
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2008 Tiger Tom
2009 Crackie
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 A Life in the Days of Mary
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2013 Infanticide!
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 Crocuses
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 C Sharp and D Suspended
2018 Crown and Anchor
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Close to the Bone: The Film
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
Screenplay:
2002 Swallowed
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2008 Tiger Tom
2009 Crackie
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 A Life in the Days of Mary
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2013 Infanticide!
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 Crocuses
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 C Sharp and D Suspended
2018 Crown and Anchor
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Close to the Bone: The Film
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
Story Editor:
2002 Swallowed
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2008 Tiger Tom
2009 Crackie
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2010 Cardboard Junction
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 A Life in the Days of Mary
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2013 Infanticide!
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 Crocuses
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 C Sharp and D Suspended
2018 Crown and Anchor
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Love, Scott
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Close to the Bone: The Film
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
Unit Publicist:
2002 Swallowed
2003 Behind the Red Door
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2008 Tiger Tom
2009 Crackie
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2010 Cardboard Junction
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 A Life in the Days of Mary
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2013 Infanticide!
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 Crocuses
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 C Sharp and D Suspended
2018 Crown and Anchor
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Love, Scott
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Close to the Bone: The Film
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
Writer:
2002 Swallowed
2003 Behind the Red Door
2004 Bloomsday Cabaret
2004 I Dare Not Go
2004 The King Hunt
2005 Pillowtalk
2006 Face Machine
2006 Punch-Up At A Wedding
2007 Diamonds in a Bucket
2007 Here on In
2008 Down to the Dirt
2008 Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 One of Us Cannot be Right
2008 Tiger Tom
2009 Crackie
2009 Sweet Pickle
2009 The Magnificent Molly McBride
2010 Cardboard Junction
2011 Hard Light
2011 Surprise!
2011 The White Balloon
2012 A Life in the Days of Mary
2012 Two Square Feet
2013 Hold Fast
2013 Infanticide!
2014 Before the War
2014 Between Two Walls
2014 Boarding
2014 Sadie
2014 Song for Cuba
2015 Danny
2015 Long Term Care
2015 The Tour
2016 Crocuses
2016 HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 Skip
2016 The Woman in White
2017 Away from Everywhere
2017 Casey
2017 Waste It
2018 C Sharp and D Suspended
2018 Crown and Anchor
2018 Hopeless Romantic
2018 Love, Scott
2018 Malignant
2019 Always Going Never Gone
2019 Becoming Labrador
2019 Ghost Artist
2019 Radical
2019 Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
2019 The Death of Winter
2021 Hell or Clean Water
2021 Nalujuk Night
2022 Bounce
2022 Dead Wife Club
2022 End of the Line
2022 Fishbowl
2022 Grown in Darkness
2022 Spirit Song Festival
2022 Vegas
2023 Close to the Bone: The Film
2023 Hebron Relocation
2023 If Not to Die
2023 Party Pirate
2023 The Gaze
2024 73 Seconds
2024 Ballad of North Whale
2024 Bedlamer
2024 Seguridad
2025 A Place to Wait and Watch
2025 Flickers
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