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Justin Gordon (musician)
Justin Gordon is an American actor, stage director, film producer, and painter. He is known for his work on Mike Flanagan (filmmaker), Mike Flanagan's films ''Absentia (film), Absentia,'' ''Oculus (film), Oculus,'' and ''Before I Wake (2016 film), Before I Wake.'' Life and career Born in Bakersfield, California and raised in the small Sierra Nevada town of Posey, Gordon fostered a creative spirit due to the natural solitude and beauty of his hometown surroundings. After attending a summer acting and directing program at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, UK, Gordon went on to obtain his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while working in regional theatre around the United States. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2009. His first major film role was as the by-the-book Detective Lonergan in Mike Flanagan's horror film ''Absentia'', produced by FallBack Plan Productions (where Gordon was a founding partner). Since then, he has appeared in two other of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absentia (film)
''Absentia'' is a 2011 American independent supernatural horror film written, edited and directed by Mike Flanagan and produced by FallBack Plan Productions. The film's principal photography phase was funded by way of the film's project page on crowdfunding website Kickstarter. Courtney Bell stars as a pregnant woman whose missing husband briefly reappears after an unexplained seven-year absence. Plot After seven years, Tricia, a pregnant woman who lives alone in a neighborhood of Glendale, California, is finally ready to accept that her missing husband, Daniel, will not return. As she prepares to declare him dead ''in absentia'', her younger sister Callie, a former addict, comes to stay with her. She gives Tricia a children's book, ''The Three Billy Goats Gruff'', a traditional fairy tale whose story provides a subtext to the film in its foreshadowing of a bridge controlled by an evil entity. Together, they work to obtain Daniel's death certificate and find a new apartment for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |