Justin Lerner

Justin Lerner

Known for

Directing

Born

May 19, 1980 (age 46)

Birthplace

State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Justin Lerner (born 19 May, 1980; Pennsylvania) is an American filmmaker. He is the son of two developmental psychologists, one Jewish and one Catholic, who compromised by sending him to Quaker school in Pennsylvania until the age of eleven. After getting his BA in Theatre Arts at Cornell University, he moved to Galicia, Spain, and then returned the following year to get an MFA in Directing at UCLA's graduate film school. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Best known work

Obvious Child
Obvious Child
2014
The Automatic Hate
The Automatic Hate
2016
Girlfriend
Girlfriend
2010
Cadejo Blanco
Cadejo Blanco
2023
Newly Single
Newly Single
2017
The Replacement Child
The Replacement Child
2008
Solo
Solo
2004
Echostop
Echostop
2005
Trópico
Trópico
2019
Maggie's Not Here
Maggie's Not Here
2006

Filmography

  1. 2023

    Cadejo Blanco

    Director, Writer, Producer

  2. 2019

    Trópico

    Producer

  3. 2017

    Newly Single

    Producer

  4. 2016

    The Automatic Hate

    Writer, Director, Producer

  5. 2014

    Obvious Child

    as Extra: Bar / Comedy Club

  6. 2010

    Girlfriend

    Director, Writer, Producer

  7. 2008

    The Replacement Child

    Director, Writer

  8. 2006

    Maggie's Not Here

    Director, Writer

  9. 2005

    Echostop

    Producer, Writer, Director

  10. 2004

    Solo

    Director, Writer

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