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Justin Weinstein

New York, NY

http://staffmeup.com/profile/id/111936

Summary

Documentary filmmaker (Writer / Producer / Director / Editor / Videographer) for documentary films and series, broadcast journalism, as well as corporate and branded content.

Credits

9/22 – 3/23

Editor (Avid (Mac)) The Conqueror (Hollywood Fallout)

Blue Fox (October 2023 release) — Film (Feature-length) — Blue Fox Entertainment Details
9/22 – 3/23

Edited feature documentary on the impact of nuclear testing in the 1950's on the cast and crew of the epic Howard Hughes film "The Conqueror" and the communities downwind of the testing site. Theatrical release in October 2023

10/18 – 10/19

Producer (Director & Editor as well) Corporate & Medical documentaries & series

Online — Corporate Details
10/18 – 10/19

Produce, direct, edit various corporate projects with focus on medical and scientific content

4/18 – 6/18

Producer World Science Festival

Live/Special Event — World Science Festival Details
4/18 – 6/18

Produced multiple events for annual festival mixing live conversations among expert scientists and originally produced documentary media and animation for renowned World Science Festival. Subjects included particle physics and antimatter (hosted by physicist Brian Greene), and CRISPR and genetic engineering (hosted by 60 Minutes correspondent Leslie Stahl).

12/17 – 4/18

Director Enhanced (Season 1)

ESPN — TV — Jigsaw Productions Details
12/17 – 4/18

Directed for ESPN series about the culture of performance enhancement – by technology, medicine, drugs, and other means – in sports. Narrated by Alex Gibney.

5/17 – 10/17

Director Chasing Life (Season 1)

CNN — TV — Part2 Pictures Details
5/17 – 10/17

Produced and directed 1-hour episode of new CNN series hosted by Sanjay Gupta, telling multiple stories about heart health filmed on location in Bolivia. A part2 Pictures Production (to air in 2018)

3/16 – 11/16

Director (Death Row Stories) Death Row Stories (Season 3)

CNN — TV — Jigsaw Productions Details
3/16 – 11/16

Produced and directed two 1-hour documentaries about controversial death row cases for CNN series. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, Executive Produced by Robert Redford and Alex Gibney. Jigsaw / Sundance / DRS Productions for CNN, 2016 (Aired April/May 2018 on HLN)

1/15 – 4/15

Editor (Premiere Pro) Seeding Fear

Film (Short) — World Science Festival Details
1/15 – 4/15

Michael White, a fourth generation farmer and seed cleaner living in rural Alabama refused to give in to Monsanto and in doing so became one of only a handful of farmers to maintain the ability to speak publicly about his case. 10m short Directed by Craig Jackson, Released by Neil Young. Premiered at Hot Docs 2016, Directed by Craig Jackson

7/11 – 8/14

Director An Honest Liar

Film (Feature-length) — Pure Mutt Productions Details
7/11 – 8/14

Produced & Directed "An Honest Liar" - award-winning feature documentary on deception, belief, and magic in the life of James "The Amazing" Randi. Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2014. NYTimes Critics' Pick released theatrically by Abramorama and broadcast nationally on the PBS Independent Lens series.

Unions

  • Directors Guild of America (DGA)
  • Writers Guild of America (WGA)

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Skills

  • Producing
  • AVID Media Composer
  • Directing
  • Video Editing
  • Screenwriting
  • Adobe Premiere