After a successful career as a freelance director across drama and documentaries, Justin founded a namesake indie n 2005, winning an RTS for the company’s first film, Trafalgar Battle Surgeon and two BAFTA nominations for the second, A Harlot’s Progress. Over the last twelve months he has directed and executive-produced The Relief of Belsen for Channel 4, Heist and The Saint and the Hanged Man for the BBC and the five part flagship series City of Vice.

At the start of 2008 Justin signed a major investment deal with BBC Worldwide and Left Bank Pictures. He also won a Broadcast Award for Best Single Drama, a BAFTA nomination for Specialist Factual and a fourth RTS nomination for History. Justin is currently in production on a two-part drama event for Channel 4 whilst execcing a slate of films for the BBC, Discovery and Five.

Justin’s previous films as a freelancer include The Princes in the Tower for Channel 4; The Last Dragon for Animal Planet (6 international award nominations including Emmy and BAFTA); The Peterloo Massacre and Invitation to a Hanging (2003 RTS winner Best History Film) for Channel 4’s Georgian Underworld season; Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance for PBS; The Great Plague (2001 RTS winner Best History Film, Best Production Design; BAFTA nomination Cinematography) and Georgiana: The People’s Duchess for Channel 4. Prior to these Justin co-wrote his debut feature film, A Feast at Midnight, starring Christopher Lee, and worked for many years in prime-time British dramas and serials.

A trained historian, Justin is determined that history should not be told with a straight face, and that in our collective past are stories to make you laugh and make you cry.