Justin Calen-Chenn

Justin Calen-Chenn is a writer-producer looking to help writers succeed in a chaotic industry. One of his aims is to pass on what producers, execs, and reps DON'T tell you. Justin was a homeless teenager until he was unofficially adopted by his African-American street father. He got involved in a life of street hustle and later, organized crime, but left that world behind many years later after witnessing a horrific incident in 2016. Soon after, he left to attempt a second career in Hollywood with no formal training. Justin is writing projects with eOne, Matt Jackson, and action star Ma Dong Seok (Don Lee), Chernin and Netflix, Taraji P. Henson and Confluential, global icons RuPaul and Rza, Roth/Kirschembaum, and more. Other projects include a rap horror feature with Eli Roth, 50 Cent, and 3BlackDot. He has written a crime-action movie with Universal, Ludacris, and 87North and previously had The Obamas’ Higher Ground set to produce his international Netflix action-adventure thriller set in the world of pickpocketing and dancing. His 2020 produced feature, an indie zombie horror, is something he'd rather not talk about, lol. In TV, Justin was selected to the 2020 Sundance Episodic Lab and has written on THE BROTHERS SUN, a Netflix crime-action series starring Michelle Yeoh w/ Brad Falchuk as showrunner (premiering in 2024), and served as executive story editor on Season Two of BEL-AIR, EP-ed by Malcolm Spellman. He has sold shows to AMC Studios and a show to Paramount w/ EP and NBA legend Carmelo Anthony. Justin is repped by Grandview and CAA.