Justin Berrios was born at the foothills of the appalachian mountains in South Carolina. He is a 27 year old Puerto Rican and American that became interested in film as a teenager. After unsuccessful attempts at careers in the military and as an industrial electrician, Justin finally followed his passion and studied photography and film at a small community college before enrolling in the film program at the renowned Full Sail University in FL. His accolades include a 2010 AddyAward, as well as established relationships with clients such as Craftsman, Ryobi, Yahoo! music, Wayne Gretzky, Ludacris, Country Business Magazine, Resort Living Magazine, MyCalvary, Chasen, the Frazee Dream Center and more. He is the founder of PIE Cinema, Full Lock Media's sister company.

Some Favorites:
Club: MJQ concourse in Atlanta.
How you like your pizza: deep dish, accompanied by a pilsner lager (Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning preferably)
Cartoon Character: easy. mojo jojo from powerpuff girls
Musician: at the moment, Metric...tomorrow, who knows - probably Cat Power singing David Bowie covers
Drink: Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning, Oban, Rogue Dead Guy, Grolsch, Yuenling, PBR, Duvel....and the list goes on
Restaurant: there's place in NY that serves sushi on conveyor belts and plays Daft Punk while you eat, the food's average but the vibe is great....or my mom's kitchen
Best Coffee: Abru Caffe in Ft. Lauderdale is the best I've had in recent memory
Clothing Line: jeans and white tees - don't care where they come from
Favorite City: Atlanta, GA. San Juan, PR. Charleston, SC. Brooklyn, NY. but I am particularly fond of the coastal lowlands of SC and the Blue Ridge foothills of the Appalachians.
Animal: Jackson, my chocolate lab - and I've always been fascinated by wolves for some reason (Editor note: essp three wolves on a tshirt)
Website: I enjoy looking at the work of Peter Lindbergh, Danny Clinch, Avedon, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Robert Richardson, Conrad Hall and other photographers and cinematographers I admire.
Secret Passion: if I told you it wouldn't be a secret...
Thing you cant live without: My family and friends...but it'd would be difficult to imagine life without film or photography.
Favorite Quotes: "dreams are wounds as well thus every dream writes its small secret letter in the morning we seek scabs of ink in the mirror to fold them away in archives but the wounds do not heal" - Poet Breyten Breytenbach (from Lady One)

"if i could tell the story in words I wouldn't need to lug around this camera" - Photographer Lewis Hine

"take film out of my life and there is nothing." - Director Akira Kurosawa

“A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.” - Madman / Director Federico Fellini

"I am what I do" - Madman / Moutaineer Reinhold Messner

Contact Information
Director of Photogrpahy: Justin Berrios
(p) berrioscine@gmail.com
(c) 864.363.4112