JUSTIN JOSEPH HALL
since 1986
DIRECTOR, EDITOR, ARTIST
Justin Joseph Hall is an award-winning, multilingual Director and Founder of Fourwind Films and Quatre-Vents. He’s worked as a lead creative on projects that received awards at The Emmys, TriBeCa Film Festival, & Brooklyn Film Festival and two that were acquired by HBO.
The son of two teachers from the Midwest, Justin’s smooth, melancholic juxtapositions create beauty from chaos. Due to filtering unceasingly through the history of cinema his work finds fresh space for audiences.
DIRECTOR | Fiction, Non-Fiction, Live Specials
Prologue (2020)
Artist & the City (2021), Justin’s docu-series on creative careers, won 6 awards including the Audience Award for Best Series at YoFiFest. Prologue is a surreal exploration of relationships and miscommunication winning Best of Awards at Manhattan Film Festival and Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. He’s currently editing his first feature Frames of Reference, an education adventure encountering an addict teacher, outlaws, transgender studies, & kids with guns.
EDITOR | Fiction
Abuela’s Luck (2018)
Editor - Justin Joseph Hall
Justin edited over 20 short narratives including Abuela’s Luck (2018) which was picked up by HBO and is now slated to be adapted into a full-length feature.
EDITOR | Fiction, Non-Fiction, specializing in Vérité
Life on Parole (2017)
Justin’s held positions as Editor for networks such as NBCUniversal, PBS, & History. He helped pitch and develop the Axios (2018-2021) as Senior Editor for the Emmy-winning documentary series. His mastery of post-production and the visual arts has awarded him opportunities to work for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Discovery, Major League Baseball, & BMW to name a few.
VISUAL ARTIST | Cinematographer, Photographer, Colorist
Justin’s shoots well with natural light and makes do with what the budget allows. He believes beauty is not symmetrical and tells the natural beauty of a complicated reality to tell the story. He colors his own work.
SOUND ARTIST | Sound Design, Musician, Composer
Long Distance (2014)
Justin started playing keyboard at age 6, guitar at 7. saxophone at 10, bass guitar at 11, and wrote his first song soon after. He’s released 3 albums under the name Ender’s Child and composed for one movie. He also aids in sound design for the movies and podcasts he edits.
POST-PRODUCTION EXPERT | Post-Producer, Online Editor
Justin has spoken about workflow and the Post-Production process technically and creatively at HBO and the Catalyst Film Festival. He also speaks English, French, Italian, Spanish, & Portuguese and has worked in all of those languages for networks brands like Amazon, Pinterest, & L'Oréal.
Justin Joseph Hall
states, “The execution of an idea is more important than the idea itself.” With this mentality he hit the ground running into his career back in 2008. Diverse perspectives helping solve complex problems is at the center of all of Justin’s works. He’s directed a globally skilled, high-value workforce from New York to Paris to Tokyo.
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“Stories are these little capsules of knowledge and experiences that you can share. That’s why you need diverse people making the stories we see on the screen. You can’t create change or problem-solve at our highest potential if we always have the same people trying to solve the world’s complex problems.”
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“I believe that media has the great ability to influence and change our society. Creating stories that people can relate to is the best way to get a message across to an audience and has the great ability to influence and change our society. My mode to make a change in the world.”
Member of New York Post Alliance, Video Consortium, Alliance of Documentary Editors, & the Blue Collar Post Collective.