JUSTIN BJUR, JOURNEYMAN MUSICIAN AND FILMMAKER.
Justin Bjur is a writer, composer, producer, and director whose work is rooted in a lifelong practice of storytelling across forms. Raised in Oregon, he wrote his first play inspired by transcendental meditation at sixteen, the same age he started college. A poetry class set him toward spoken word performance; a mentor who had played in rock and roll bands in the 1970s made him a student of composition. From there came music production, and eventually film. Each medium not a departure but an evolution. The wordless conveyance of feeling and narrative now anchors everything he makes.
His music has reached global audiences. As co-writer and producer of Adam Knight's "I've Got the Gold," streamed over 30 million times worldwide and charting in Germany, France, Switzerland, Turkey, and Poland, Bjur demonstrated an early facility for work that crosses creative borders without losing its specificity. His collaboration with Honorscouts brought original songwriting and production to their debut album Magical Realism, with the single "Love You Right" on regular rotation on French commercial radio. He scored the original soundtrack for The Barbarian, Liminal Films' debut short starring Windsor Williams and Broadway veteran Vin Shambry.
As creative director and head of production at Wreckroom NYC, Bjur directed and produced the Daylight Sessions and Safe and Sound Showcase Series, working with artists including Mahalia, Abhi the Nomad, and The Backfires. He continues to work as head creative director, producer, and editor for FAM and Studio MGMT, overseeing content pipelines from production through distribution.
Bjur is currently in development on an original limited series drawn from his family's true story, set against the counterculture landscape of 1970s California and rural Oregon. At Liminal Films, he makes work that is formally deliberate, emotionally ungovernable, and built to endure.
Featured project:
THE BARBARIAN
COMPOSER / COLORIST / EDITOR
Log line: Through a lonely but imaginative game of Dungeons and Dragons, a young teen learns to live with the grief of his departed father.
Festival Circuit:
Portland Film Festival 2025
Philly Area Gaming Expo (PAGE) 2026
PopCon International Film Festival 2026
Filmed: Oct 2024
Release: TBD 2027
NARRATIVE FILMS
SOUNDTRACK
PODCASTS
MUSIC
MUSIC VIDEOS
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