Film-makers Shawn and Sara Justice chat about "lucifer and the Father"

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SHAWN JUSTICE

Shawn has been a filmmaker since his teens, establishing his production company at 19 years old in 1989. He did corporate and commercial work to pay the bills, but has always had a heart toward Kingdom stories. He started writing screenplays in 1992 and eventually produced and directed his first feature film in 1999, GOING THE DISTANCE, partnering with the Family Research Council for distribution.

Shawn continued to write multiple screenplays and serve his corporate clients knowing one day the doors would open to producing other films. What he didn't know is that it would be his son's passing in 2012 that would provide the funds to be able to do this. Caleb Justice is named as the sole Executive Producer of THE RECONCILER movie shot in 2014. Shawn has since gone on to direct and produce the films OUT OF THE DARKNESS, A MURDER OF INNOCENCE, and THE NARROW ROAD. He also sold his script JUSTICE that eventually became the film with the same title now on Netflix.

It wasn't until 2021 that he directed his first short film, LUCIFER AND THE FATHER, created by his friend Scott Galbraith. Shawn involved his wife, Sara, to re-write the script weeks before shooting. The short film has received multiple awards and is now serving as a pilot of a television series. Their oldest son, Joshua, has worked with his father on all of the film projects since THE RECONCILER.

Shawn is currently continuing to serve his corporate clients, but is in talks with multiple groups to sell existing screenplays, partner with others on documentaries and films, as well as take on much larger films as a for-hire production company. It's about to get even more interesting.

SARA JUSTICE

Sara has always had an artistic bent. She helped as an Art Director for a few scenes in GOING THE DISTANCE. She also was an Assistant Editor to Shawn on OUT OF THE DARKNESS and other trailers. Knowing she had skills, Shawn asked her to be the Production Designer on A MURDER OF INNOCENCE, THE NARROW ROAD, and LUCIFER AND THE FATHER.

Although Sara has reviewed and provided insight into previous screenplays of Shawn's, LUCIFER AND THE FATHER is the first where she has worked alongside him to labor together in writing something new. She may have hung up her Production Designer title, but if the short film becomes a series, the plan is for her to work with Shawn on future episodes as a Writer.

Sara has mainly focused her attention on raising her four children with Shawn. Three of them are now adults. The lessons God has taught her and Shawn through the passing of their second son who loved Jesus with all his heart has helped strengthen their marriage and the value of their time earth-side.