Born in Handsworth, UK in 1971. Justin was brought up all of his life in Sutton Coldfield, UK. The local Odeon cinema was next to his school and and Justin would sneak off from school to catch the afternoon shows. He gained a place studying film at Portsmouth University and graduated with First Class Honours in 1996. He won a BBC Drama Award 1998 with the short Dirty Phonecalls and was the young ...
show all Born in Handsworth, UK in 1971. Justin was brought up all of his life in Sutton Coldfield, UK. The local Odeon cinema was next to his school and and Justin would sneak off from school to catch the afternoon shows. He gained a place studying film at Portsmouth University and graduated with First Class Honours in 1996. He won a BBC Drama Award 1998 with the short Dirty Phonecalls and was the youngest ever director to make a feature for Film Four 2001. His short film, Round, screened at London, Cannes, Melbourne Festivals in 2003.
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