JUSTIN FERRATO

Director/Editor

Justin is a writer/director based in Brooklyn - his previous 3 festival films include the documentary 'Tiphany' (Premiere at Cinequest 2017), the experimental film 'Kill the Witness' (Premiere at Queens Film Festival 2017) and the romantic drama 'This Mess We're In" (Premiere at NY Shorts Festival 2015). He is currently in production on his next short film 'The Prisoner' (2021) a gritty crime film that confronts the family separation at the border.

Until recently, his day job has been as a writer/producer at HBO's creative services department producing behind the scenes programming and trailers for shows including Game of Thrones, Sharp Objects and Stephen King's The Outsider. In 2020, he workshopped a psychological horror script at the Sundance Collab screenwriting horror workshop which he continues to develop.

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FILMSHOPPER OF THE WEEK: Justin Ferrato

Justin Ferrato wrote a short script called "The Prisoner" which received numerous accolades as a finalist, semi-finalist and quarter-finalist at script competitions including Screencraft short drama, WeScreenplay and the Stowe writers lab. It was an official selection at Hollyshorts screenwriting competition and is currently the top 3% of discoverable script on the screenwriting platform Coverfly. The project is officially supported with Film Independent's Fiscal Sponsorship program.

He is excited to begin production of the script: a five-day shoot between June 21 and June 25, 2021 in the Hudson Valley shooting on the Arri Mini and Cook S4 lenses!