INHERITORS
Post
“A Chinese-American young woman, her mother, and her grandmother grapple with her younger sister's recent psychiatric hospitalization while they obsessively clean her apartment.”
Directed and Production Designed by Justine Ellen Chen
︎see visual design deck here
Supported by:
Peregrine Initiative Camera Grant
Wave Grant by Wavelength
Press: https://deadline.com/2022/03/wavelength-sets-2022-wave-grant-recipients-1234981412/
JUSTINE ELLEN CHEN (2022)
YEAR OF THE RAT
2021
“Yearning for companionship but failing to connect with her American daughter, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant turns to the unlikely world of online dating.”
2022 Hawai’i International Film Festival, Golden Angel Award recipient
2022 Chinese American Film Festival
Director: Ricky Qi
Production Design: Justine Ellen Chen
Art Direction: Ming Fen Congdon
Production Design: Justine Ellen Chen
Art Direction: Ming Fen Congdon
JUSTINE ELLEN CHEN (2022)
MONSTERS OF MINE
2020
USC School of Cinematic Arts Senior Thesis
“A lonely girl uses high-tech glasses to fill her world with imaginary monster friends, but when they break, she discovers the value of true human connection.”
NFFTY Official Selection
First Look 2021 Best Animation
Los Angeles International Children’s Festival Official Selection
1:12 scale miniatures and puppets.
Director: Lana Nguyen
Production Design: Justine Ellen Chen
Fabrication: Justine Ellen Chen, Ezra Robinson, Laura Malatos
Production Design: Justine Ellen Chen
Fabrication: Justine Ellen Chen, Ezra Robinson, Laura Malatos
JUSTINE ELLEN CHEN (2022)
THE SAUERKRAUT QUEEN
Post-Production
“When Lexi, an ambitious high schooler, fails to garner the attention of her crush, she impulsively enters a talent show to try and win over his love by becoming the Sauerkraut Festival Queen.”
Director: Nicole McCullough & Cole Bacani
Production Design: Justine Ellen Chen
JUSTINE ELLEN CHEN (2022)
MILO
Post-Production
Executive Producer: Harry Shum Jr.
Director: Keone and Mari Madrid
Production Design: Justine Ellen Chen
JUSTINE ELLEN CHEN (2022)