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.
Directed 19
2020s
- 2026
Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike Jones
Director
- 2023
Sweetland
First Assistant Director
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Crown and Anchor
First Assistant Director
- 2017
- 2016
Crocuses
First Assistant Director
HAND. LINE. COD.
Director
- 2015
Long Term Care
Assistant Director
Danny
Director
- 2014
Between Two Walls
Assistant Director
Sadie
Assistant Director
- 2013
Infanticide!
First Assistant Director
Hold Fast
Director
- 2011
Hard Light
Director
- 2010
Snarbuckled
First Assistant Director
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Down to the Dirt
Director
Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Director
- 2006
Face Machine
Director
Edited 34
2020s
- 2026
Sing the World Better
Editor
- 2025
History's Headlines
Editor
Flickers
Editor
The Muse
Additional Editing
A Place to Wait and Watch
Editor
- 2024
Bedlamer
Editor
73 Seconds
Editor
- 2023
If Not to Die
Editor
Party Pirate
Editor
The Gaze
Editor
Hebron Relocation
Editor
- 2022
Bounce
Editor
Dead Wife Club
Editor
Fishbowl
Editor
Grown in Darkness
Editor
Vegas
Editor
- 2021
Nalujuk Night
Editor
Hell or Clean Water
Editor
2010s
- 2019
The Death of Winter
Editor
Ghost Artist
Editor
Radical
Editor
Always Going Never Gone
Editor
- 2018
Hopeless Romantic
Editor
Malignant
Editor
- 2017
Casey
Editor
- 2016
HAND. LINE. COD.
Editor
- 2015
Danny
Editor
- 2014
Between Two Walls
Editor
2000s
- 2009
Sweet Pickle
Editor
- 2008
Down to the Dirt
Editor
- 2007
Diamonds in a Bucket
Editor
- 2005
Pillowtalk
Editor
Camera 8
2010s
- 2019
Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures
Additional Photography
- 2016
HAND. LINE. COD.
Additional Camera
- 2015
Danny
Additional Camera
- 2013
Hold Fast
Additional Photography
- 2011
Hard Light
Director of Photography
2000s
- 2005
Pillowtalk
Director of Photography
- 2004
Bloomsday Cabaret
Assistant Camera
Wrote 7
2020s
- 2026
Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike Jones
Writer
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
HAND. LINE. COD.
Writer
- 2011
Hard Light
Writer
- 2010
Cardboard Junction
Story Editor
2000s
- 2008
Down to the Dirt
Screenplay
- 2006
Face Machine
Writer
Produced 5
2020s
- 2023
Close to the Bone: The Film
Producer
2010s
- 2018
C Sharp and D Suspended
Producer
2000s
- 2008
Down to the Dirt
Producer
Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Producer
- 2002
Swallowed
Production Manager
Other crew 3
2020s
- 2024
2010s
- 2014
Song for Cuba
Cinematography
2000s
- 2003
