JUSTIN ALVAREZ benedictalvarez at gmail dot com
THE UHN
SEASON ONE
Episode 1: Cardboard Cutouts and Klondike Bars
Episode 2: Interviews and Tiddlywinks
Episode 3: Deuces and Ass Slaps
Episode 4: Aunt Becky and Uncle Jesse
Episode 6: Hangover and Batwings
Episode 7: Bad Jokes and Retribution
Episode 8: Card Games and Lost Pants
Episode 9: Booty Shorts and Admiration
Episode 11: Potato Chips and Gift Boxes
16mm, 17 mins, color THE FISHERMEN (2008)
Starring Lino Del Core,
Louise Flory, Adriana
Moretti, Erich Rausch,
Elizabeth Bove Written and
Directed by Justin Alvarez
Edited by Ian Ogden
Assistant directed by
Melissa Thomas Produced by Roslyn Aronowitz Sound by Jesse Flower-Ambroch Shot by Walter Chang
Official Selection 2008 NYU First Run Festival / 2008 Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival
Under Editing Reel/Short Films
16mm, 8 mins, color SILENCE (2007)
Starring Nattacia Satie, Ian
MacRae, Julie Bersani
Written, Edited and directed
by Justin Alvarez Shot by
Daniel James Carbone
Assistant directed by
Daniele Melia Sound by
Nicole Ramey
DV, color THE UHN (2008)
Starring and Created by
Justin Alvarez, Melissa
Thomas and Justin Williams,
Co-Starring Shane
McConnell Dana Covarrubias
Produced by Jordan Cooke
and Ahmed Tigani Shot by
Tim Trotman, Rommel Genciana, Jesus Ward Assistant directed by Zita Vasilisinova
SERIES
Justin Alvarez is a writer and film director. His recent short film “The Fishermen” was an official selection of the 2008 First Run Festival and the Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. He is also the co-creator and director of the web series “The Uhn.” Justin earned a degree in Film and Television Production at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (BFA) and is currently an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at Goddard College. Originally from Chicago, Justin now lives outside Portland, Maine, with his girlfriend and two pets.
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