Biographie
Equally comfortable in front of or behind the camera, Justin's passion for film started at an early age. One of his first films was a six-hour epic, a back yard production done when he was 13 with his brother and a neighbor, and reminiscent of the film "Super 8", minus the monsters.
Graduating with honors from Stevenson University with a degree in Film, he honed his skills with student projects, music videos, and independent films, applying increasingly advanced techniques, including complex special effects. Justin also began composing his own original scores for his films. He began to crew on productions in the Washington, D.C. area, including boom operator and sound recorder for "Life Fine Tuned" (Renaissance Women Productions - 2011), which won several independent film awards. Other crew positions include DIT for "The Rangers" (The Forge Studios - 2015), and camera operator for a couple music videos for local musicians.
Justin's acting break came when he was cast as one of four leads in the award-winning independent film "The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers" (Opening Act Productions - 2011), playing the role of Randall Dooley, a gamer-nerd turned hero. A highlight of Justin's acting career was working on the set with Stephen Spielberg as a Union soldier extra in "Lincoln" (2012). Justin has done his fair share of other extra roles in productions such as "House of Cards," "VEEP," "Game Change," and "Sally Pacholok." Justin has had a couple recent principle roles in a PA governor political ad and an episode from the show "Secrets of The Arsenal," on the American Heroes Channel.
Justin's debut as a producer/director came in 2012 with the film "Made in the U.S.A. - a 30 Day Journey" for which he traveled the country for a month with the film's creator Josh Miller. In addition to the role of director, Justin was responsible for the camera work, helping to tell Josh's story.
Justin has recently entered the world of the "web-series", being director, co-writer, and producer of a new series called "Genre Wars: Resistance Rising." He also appears in the series as the character "Reman". Teaming up with Robin C. Farrell, Justin took a story concept, which was conceived for his first entry in an online film contest that Genre Wars originated as, and began expanding the world, applying a vision of a larger story that originated from a few characters in that first contest short film.
