Justin Liberman
Assistant Professor
Digital Film/Video Production | Storrs
Education: M.F.A. in Film Directing, Columbia University, 2013
B.A. in Media Studies, Sacred Heart University, 2002
Areas of Research/Artistic Focus: Narrative and Commercial Filmmaking
Justin Liberman began his career working under Michael Mann on the films Collateral and Miami Vice and David Mamet on Redbelt. His own narrative films (Tobacco Burn, Y Nada Man, Pretty Dead Flowers, Broken Badge) have screened and won awards and Jury prizes at festivals around the world including Tribeca Film Festival, Montreal World Fest, Santa Barbara Film Festival, and IFF Boston. As a commercial director, Justin has directed commercials for the Boston Celtics, Google, Hartford Healthcare, American Express, Roots of Fight, Zenni, the ACLU, and many other companies and organizations. His directing partnership with Judah-Lev Dickstein, Tank + Bunker, was included on Shoot Magazine’s list of best new directors and Justin was included in Connecticut Magazine’s list of 40 under 40. He’s currently a roster director at ELEMENT Productions in Boston, MA.
