Justin Simms
Director
Justin Simms
12 as director
From 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.
Known for

Hold Fast
2013 · Drama

Away from Everywhere
2017 · Drama

Down to the Dirt
2008 · Drama, Comedy

Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike Jones
2026 · Documentary

Becoming Labrador
2019 · Documentary

HAND. LINE. COD.
2016 · Documentary

Danny
2015 · Documentary

Hard Light
2011 · Documentary

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008 · Drama, Comedy

Face Machine
2006 · Sci-Fi
Punch-Up At A Wedding
Punch-Up At A Wedding
2006 · Drama
The King Hunt
The King Hunt
2004 · Drama
Movies directed by Justin Simms

Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike Jones
2026

Becoming Labrador
2019

Away from Everywhere
2017

HAND. LINE. COD.
2016

Danny
2015

Hold Fast
2013

Hard Light
2011

Down to the Dirt
2008

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
2008

Face Machine
2006
Punch-Up At A Wedding
Punch-Up At A Wedding
2006
The King Hunt
The King Hunt
2004
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