the Director

Justin’s career started at a young age, playing around with a Hi8 camcorder. As his interest in film grew, he experimented with stop-motion and hand-drawn animations. In 2012, Justin graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, majoring in film production. From there, he accepted a video editing job in Quebec and moved to Montreal, Quebec with his long-time creative colleague and partner Karolina. Together, they learned to speak French and embraced their new city and culture.

In 2015, Justin and Karolina founded Stereokroma Creative Service G.P. and dedicated themselves full-time to developing their Youtube channel and marketing production services for other Canadian artisans. Their channel became widely successful, gaining attention from international publications like Popular Mechanics and National Geographic. Out of a spur of spontaneity, Justin decided to return to his roots of animation and started a new Youtube channel in 2017. Known as u m a m i, Justin’s Youtube animation channel quickly soared into cult-like popularity online.