Justin Schwarz(I)

Writer/director Justin Schwarz's award-winning debut feature, The Discoverers was a New York Times Critics' Pick. A Yale (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Columbia Film School graduate, Schwarz has taught film at Columbia University and the New School, was selected for The Hamptons Film Festival Writer's Lab and IFP's No Borders, named a Student Academy Awards Finalist, and is a member of the Writers Guild of America. Prior to getting the film bug, he worked as a writer and policy analyst in the public and private sectors, including stints at The White House, The Department of Health and Human Services, and The City of New York.