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Justin Schein

  • Cinematographer
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  • Producer
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Justin Schein
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Justin Schein has been making character-driven documentaries for more than 30 years. As a cinematographer, he has shot on over 60 films for broadcasters including HBO, Nat Geo, BBC, Discovery, and PBS, taking him from the White House to Iraq with Kofi Annan to Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Most recently Justin was cinematographer on Crip Camp (for Netflix), which won the Audience Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and is nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature for the 2021 Oscars. As a director, his most recent film Left On Purpose (2016), recounts his friendship with an aging anti-war activist who has decided his last political act will be to take his own life. It won the Audience Award at DOCNYC. His film No Impact Man (2009) premiered at Sundance and screened around the world. Justin received his Masters Degree in Documentary Film from Stanford University and co-founded Shadowbox Films in 1998.
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Left on Purpose (2015)
    Left on Purpose
    7.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 2015
    Death & Taxes (2024)
    Death & Taxes
    9.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2024
    True Life (1998)
    True Life
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    No Impact Man: The Documentary (2009)
    No Impact Man: The Documentary
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Cinematographer



    • Quality of Life
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production



    • Death & Taxes (2024)
      Death & Taxes
      9.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • NYC DDC 9/11
      Short
      • Cinematographer (Original Footage of Ground Zero)
      • 2021
    • Chasing Childhood (2020)
      Chasing Childhood
      6.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Crip Camp (2020)
      Crip Camp
      7.7
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • The Read Thru
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Harry's Gift (2016)
      Harry's Gift
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Left on Purpose (2015)
      Left on Purpose
      7.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • National Geographic Slang Hunters (2013)
      National Geographic Slang Hunters
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Still Moving: Pilobolus at Forty (2012)
      Still Moving: Pilobolus at Forty
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • One Nation Under Dog (2012)
      One Nation Under Dog
      7.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • My So-Called Enemy (2010)
      My So-Called Enemy
      8.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • No Impact Man: The Documentary (2009)
      No Impact Man: The Documentary
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Four Seasons Lodge (2008)
      Four Seasons Lodge
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Garden Story (2008)
      Garden Story
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Pressure Cooker (2008)
      Pressure Cooker
      7.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Marcella (2024)
      Marcella
      8.9
      • Additional Cinematography
      • addditional cinematography
      • 2024
    • Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink (2023)
      Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
      • Additional Cinematography
      • 2023
    • Robert A. Caro and Robert Gottlieb in Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022)
      Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
      8.1
      • additional cinematography
      • 2022
    • Lonnie Bradley Holley in Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley (2020)
      Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Chasing Childhood (2020)
      Chasing Childhood
      6.8
      • drone camera operator
      • 2020
    • The Big Scary 'S' Word (2020)
      The Big Scary 'S' Word
      6.8
      • additional cinematography
      • 2020
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2020
    • Crip Camp (2020)
      Crip Camp
      7.7
      • drone aerial cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Always in Season (2019)
      Always in Season
      6.7
      • Additional cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Saving Capitalism (2017)
      Saving Capitalism
      6.8
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Song of Lahore (2015)
      Song of Lahore
      7.2
      • additional cinematography
      • 2015
    • Jonathan Gold in City of Gold (2015)
      City of Gold
      7.2
      • additional camera
      • 2015
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2014
    • American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013)
      American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
      7.8
      • additional camera
      • 2013
    • The Naturalized (2010)
      The Naturalized
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2010

    Producer



    • Quality of Life
      • producer
      • Post-production



    • Death & Taxes (2024)
      Death & Taxes
      9.6
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Walk with Frank (2021)
      Walk with Frank
      9.3
      • consulting producer
      • 2021
    • Saving Capitalism (2017)
      Saving Capitalism
      6.8
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Harry's Gift (2016)
      Harry's Gift
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2016
    • Left on Purpose (2015)
      Left on Purpose
      7.5
      • producer
      • 2015
    • My So-Called Enemy (2010)
      My So-Called Enemy
      8.6
      • co-producer
      • 2010
    • True Life (1998)
      True Life
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2003–2005
    • Lucky Severson, Bob Abernethy, Ryan McFarland, Ted Peters, Wangari Maathai, Jason Mathis, Elbert Peck, Stephen Goldsmith, Natalie Gochnour, Daniel Darger, Janice Heilner, Douglas Vakoch, and Steven J. Dick in Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (1997)
      Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
      8.7
      TV Series
      • segment producer
      • 2000
    • Straight Dope (1997)
      Straight Dope
      Video
      • producer
      • 1997

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    No Impact Man
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    No Impact Man
    Left on Purpose
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    Left on Purpose
    Left on Purpose
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    Left on Purpose

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