Justin Pearce(III)
- Director
- Actor
- Cinematographer
After landing a lead role in Bayou Ghost at the age of 14, Justin chose
against an acting career until he graduated college. After 11 years he
earned a Bachelor's degree from Southern Miss in May 2005, and revived
his passion to enter the movie business, but wished to learn all facets
of the movie industry. He began an independent production company and
embarked on a mission to write, direct, produce and edit his own
independent film. Force to stop filming as Hurricane Katrina narrowed
in on his hometown, he instead filmed a sarcastic prediction of
Hurricane Katrina's forthcoming and then evacuated. Little did he know,
Hurricane Katrina would become the basis of his first feature film. The
storm destroyed his life long home and family business, including the
50 year collection of oil paintings, prints and pottery. Left with the
clothes on his back and the contents in his truck, which included his
video production equipment - he embarked on a passionate quest to make
his movie, but not the one he first intended to make. This movie would
be his Katrina Diary, a film where he pours his heart and soul out for
all to see in hopes to inspire them to appreciate life and the little
things, and to put closure on this chapter of his life. Since Katrina,
he rapidly trained himself in nearly every aspect of post production.
In addition to his college studies, he further studied cinematography,
directing, producing, and read manuals in Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack
Pro, and DVD Studio Pro, Motion and Media Management. He trained
himself with distant learning courses in DVD Studio Pro, Advanced Final
Cut, Advanced Final Cut Coloring Techniques and Motion. He is
relentless in his studies, and has shown signs of this since an early
age. At 13, he created his first book of poetry. He used one of the
first versions of Corel Draw to make illustrations, and thread to bound
the book. In high school, he left an imprint as the second person in
the school's history to attend the International Science Fair, and the
only student to attend multiple times. He declined scholarships to
study science and chose to study Mass Communication at the University
of Southern Mississippi.
At 18, Justin chose to serve his country, joining the Air Force Reserve as a photojournalist, assistant magazine editor and public affairs craftsman. He attended several college accredited military schools, including an intense journalism school, an advanced photojournalism school, an advanced editors course, an advanced public affairs course, and other distant learning courses. His eye for photography and knack for story telling led him to being named Best Photojournalist in the Air Force Reserve in 2004 and 2005, Best Sportswriter in the Air Force, and numerous other awards. In addition to Katrina Diary, his docudrama about Hurricane Katrina, Justin also created two different Katrina inspired posters. President George W. Bush was presented one of the posters as a gift from the city of Biloxi, Miss., and both posters have also been presented to Mississippi's Governor Hailey Barbour.
At 18, Justin chose to serve his country, joining the Air Force Reserve as a photojournalist, assistant magazine editor and public affairs craftsman. He attended several college accredited military schools, including an intense journalism school, an advanced photojournalism school, an advanced editors course, an advanced public affairs course, and other distant learning courses. His eye for photography and knack for story telling led him to being named Best Photojournalist in the Air Force Reserve in 2004 and 2005, Best Sportswriter in the Air Force, and numerous other awards. In addition to Katrina Diary, his docudrama about Hurricane Katrina, Justin also created two different Katrina inspired posters. President George W. Bush was presented one of the posters as a gift from the city of Biloxi, Miss., and both posters have also been presented to Mississippi's Governor Hailey Barbour.