In Production: The Life and Career of George Justin
2024 | Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary | Digital
Life and Career of Producer George Justin
Featuring Q&A with film directors Susan Felleman, Hannah Shikle and film historian Richard Koszarski moderated by David Schwartz
Part documentary and part personal film essay, "In Production" details the life and career of producer George Justin, as told by his niece. Born on the Lower East Side, Justin was a major proponent for New York-based film production. From his role as production manager for "On the Waterfront", "12 Angry Men" and "Marathon Man" to his executive positions at major Hollywood studios, Justin's career illuminates the unsung aspects of 20th-century film history and production.
Directors: Susan Felleman, Hannah Shikle
Writer: Susan Felleman
Stars: George Justin
Susan Felleman is Professor of Art History and Film and Media Studies at the University of South Carolina. She is the author of Botticelli in Hollywood: The Films of Albert Lewin (1997), Art in the Cinematic Imagination (2006), Real Objects in Unreal Situations: Modern Art in Fiction Films (2014), and co-author of Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema (2017).
Hannah Shikle is an Academic Advisor at the University of South Carolina. She began collaborating with Professor Susan Felleman during her undergraduate studies. Her own video essays, Voyageur du temps: Gérard Depardieu & French Identity (2022) and A Desert Journey in Nine Parts (2023), have screened at various film festivals.