- Justis Greene is known for A History of Violence (2005), Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) and Alive (1993).
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- In 1978 was hired by the provincial government to launch and manage the British Columbia Film Commission.
- Was one of the primaries in establishing the 'Vancouver Film Studios'.
- Then a little luck came my way. I had knowledge of the locations available in British Columbia and I met a guy by the name of Patrick J. Palmer who had a movie called Iceman (1984). He and Norman Jewison were trying to get the picture off the ground with Fred Schepisi directing. I knew where they could find some snow and I could get a crew together, so we went up to the Arctic and worked out a plan to shoot the picture up there.
- At the end of the night the entire construction crew was grouped together and the head of our department just put his arm out and said: 'Everyone standing to the left of me comes back tomorrow, everyone else, dismissed'. It had nothing to do with my work, I just happened to be standing in the right place. So I was able to go back and work on the production the next day...
- I think what made the old business so much fun was the attitude. It was a group of producers who loved to gamble and they took risks on all sorts of pictures. Those guys are almost extinct today.
- As a rule, give-up one thing, and you get something else. Some times that's the only way to advance in the business.
- It's a business that allows you to go in any direction you want to go no matter what your race or color; or your preferences...no one really cares. It's just as easy to be a successful 80-year old Producer/director as it is to be a 19-year old Producer/director - the same opportunities are there. . And that allows us to all stay sharp.
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