JUSTIN FLOYD
x DIRECTOR | WRITER

Justin
is an Afro-Latin
writer and director,
focused on telling indie-commercial
driven stories. The LA Native grew a relationship
with film as he spent most of his time with his two
sisters and their Mother's camera recorder making stop motion
videos with dolls. His short film, THE CENTER, landed him on stage at the Academy Awards in 2015 as a winner of “Team Oscar”. He is also a 2016 Sundance Ignite Fellow. In 2017, Justin Floyd was named a Warner Bros. Emerging Film Director and his short film, RESURRECT was acquired by HBO. In 2018, he co-founded the SFS Film Festival, which has supported over a hundred emerging film-makers. Justin was declared a 2019 STATE SENATE and CONGRESSIONAL RECEIPIENT.
Floyd is also a 2021 PANAVISION Grant
recipient. He is a 2021 LATINO FILM
INSTITUTE / NETFLIX FELLOW
through his award winning short
QUINCEAÑERO. Floyd is a first place
recipient of the Martin Roth Foundation
Screenplay awarded to him through
graduation of the ICF program.. Most
recently Justin Floyd wrote and directed
MALLEABLE through Hillman Grad’s
Indeed Rising Voices Program. Which
later went on to screen in theatres in front
of Jordan Peel’s NOPE and received a
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
at the 2023 Academy Awards