The Number 13
A Tattoo History

The Number 13
A Tattoo History

Best Overall Short Doc Nominee – The Thin Line Film Festival 2025

Best Texas Short Nominee – USA Film Festival 2025

Thousands of tattoo shops around the world celebrate Friday the 13th by giving small, inexpensive numbers 13s – a tradition that started in Dallas, Texas. Follow Oliver Peck as he explores the origins of this phenomenon and races to achieve the Guinness World Record of most 13 tattoos done in 24 hours. Along the way, we learn from tattoo legends, gang experts and astrologers about the number people deem unlucky.

Credits

Director/Editor: Justin Wilson
Cinematography: Justin Wilson, Jeff Bednarz, Mark Thomas, Adam Cole, Joel Herrera, Billy Tears, Stace Maples, Mike Wiebe, Blair Rowan, True Tattoo Crew, Darby Kendall
Produced by: Justin Wilson, Oliver Peck, Aaron Finnin, Kris Youmans
Photography: Gray Wilcox, Paul Pryor,l Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs
Featuring: Oliver Peck, Dean Williams, Jonathan Shaw, Frank Turner, Jeff Milburn, Chuco Moreno, Henk Schiffmacher, Tony Hyundal, Aaron Finnin, Alfonso Herrera, Tafetta Darling, Angeliska Polacheck, GracelikeAmazing, Carl Hallowell, Josh Armet

Chasing Hope

Chasing Hope

Official Selection Olive-Harvey College Criminal Justice Short Film Fest 2024

Official Selection London Cannabis Film Festival 2020

Official Selection Dallas Video Fest 2020

Four years after the Texas Compassionate Use Act legalized medical cannabis oil for Texans diagnosed with intractable epilepsy, Chasing Hope gives an unflinching look at the lives of six families currently using CBD oil as a treatment.

Through a series of intimate interviews with parents, children, neurologists, and the owner of a Texas cannabis cultivator; this mini documentary goes beyond the health benefits to explore conservative regulations and costly implications of this potentially life-changing medication.

PRESS

Muse by Clio: Inside a Stirring New Mini-Doc About Medical Marijuana for Kids With Epilepsy

Adweek: Powerful, Emotional Storytelling Shows How CBD Helped This Creative’s Epileptic Child

D Magazine: A Short Film Aims to Ease the Burden on Medical Cannabis for Texas Families

More about Advertising: Dallas agency Team One launches inspiring medical cannabis crusade ‘Chasing Hope’

AdChatDFW: charlieuniformtango Announces New Documentary “Chasing Hope” | Underscores Barriers for Texas Medical Marijuana Patients

13 min.
To donate go to ChasingHopeFilm.com

Credits

Directed by Justin Wilson
Written by Ryan Durr
Edited by Justin Wilson & Evan Linton
Content Producer: Leah Bohl
Post Producer: Keith Munley
Art Director: Jim Darling
Director of Photography: Phillip Sheldon
Steadicam Op: Jared Deer
AC: Nico Paprota, Scott Clark
Colorist: Artie Pena
Audio Recording: Tiago daSilva
Audio Mixer: Jake Kluge
Additional Camera: Lan Freedman
Asst. Producer: Ben Allison
Music: Shindig

Filmage
The Story Of Descendents/ALL

Filmage
The Story Of Descendents/ALL

Audience Award Winner – In-Edit Film Festival Chile 2013 – FILMAGE: THE STORY OF DESCENDENTS/ALL

Audience Award Winner – Nevada City Film Festival 2013 – FILMAGE: THE STORY OF DESCENDENTS/ALL

Best Music Related Film Winner – Snob Film Festival 2013 – FILMAGE: THE STORY OF DESCENDENTS/ALL

Long before Green Day and Blink 182 inflicted punk-rock’s puncture wound on the map of mainstream music, the Descendents were in a garage concocting the perfect mix of pop, angst, love, and coffee. FILMAGE: The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALL follows band leader/drummer/square-peg Bill Stevenson and his “caffeinated retardedness” as he pushes his rotating door of bandmates to “achieve ALL,” his philosophy of going for greatness at all costs. Stevenson is a force to be reckoned with, proving that not even a grapefruit-sized brain tumor can keep him down. Interviews with the band, along with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Mike Watt (Minutemen), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) and many more reveal the story of a band–if not THE band–responsible for pop-punk as you know it.

 

PRESS

“‘Filmage’ has genuine soul” – Los Angeles Times

“Behind every pop-punk success story is a debt to the original L.A. bands chronicled in this ingratiating docu.” – Variety

“Filmage is a tight, poignant exploration of Descendents and ALL… Tears were shed.” – Mostly Harmless

“One of the best untold stories of punk rock.” – HM Magazine

“Beautifully shot and lovingly told, it rises above being a story about two bands and instead becomes a time capsule of the punk genre and a genuinely human story.” – ABC Melbourne

“Visually appealing and tightly constructed… a well-paced and accessible piece of filmmaking” – The Varsity

 

90min.
Available at filmagemovie.com

Credits

Directed by Deedle LaCour & Matt Riggle
Director of Photography: Justin Wilson
Editors: Justin Wilson, James Rayburn, Deedle LaCour
Produced by: Stefany Strah, Deedle LaCour, Marissa LaCour, Justin Wilson, James Rayburn, Matt Riggle
Additional Camera: Daniel Jarvis, Kevin Kirchner

A Fat Wreck
The Punk-u-mentary

A Fat Wreck
The Punk-u-mentary

Best Soundtrack @ Sound on Screen Music Festival 2016

Fat Wreck Chords… The influential music label proud to say they’ve spent the past 25 years “ruining punk rock”. A Fat Wreck tells the story of founders Fat Mike (of the legendary punk band NOFX) and his ex-wife Erin Kelly-Burkett, spanning the birth, growth, struggles, and survival of the Fat Wreck Chords label. Half inspirational story of chosen family and community, half debauchery and occasionally involuntary drug use… A Fat Wreck blazes exciting new ground in the cinematic genre of puppet-driven punk rock music documentary filmmaking. If you only see one film featuring a dominatrix spanking a puppet in your lifetime… Make it A Fat Wreck!

 

PRESS

“It’s like watching Sesame Street, if Sesame Street included a bit more partying and sunken eyelids.” – New Noise Magazine

“Perfectly described by its title.” … “All punk rock fans should see it at least once.”- Punknews

“A pretty impressive look into one of the most influential indie punk labels to come out of California, thanks to an unflinching look at it from the filmmakers.” – Blurtonline

“I honestly thought the movie could have used an extra half hour to go into more things because it seemed somewhat short.” – Readjunk

“Engaging to the viewer.” –  Keeptrackofthetime

 “Truly a documentary that speaks to generations of punk rock and music fans alike.” – Beatroute

Fat Wreck Documentary Set For Home Release – Exclaim

 

82 min.
Available at afatwreck.com

Credits

Director: Shaun M. Colon
Director of Photography: Justin Wilson & Johny Cane
Editor: Justin Wilson, Shaun M. Colon, Kyler Potter
Sound Engineer: Dusty Albertz
Color Grade: Dave Laird

The New Tithe

The New Tithe

Grand Prize Winner of the 2011 Project Reason Video Contest

Mega-churches have used religion as fund-raising tool for too long. They shower their followers in sanctimonious platitudes, then clamor for their cash. This video encourages a new definition of tithing by giving to causes with accountability.

3min.

Credits

Written & Directed by Tony Wann & Justin Wilson
Motion Graphics by Tony Wann
Live Action/Edit/Sound Design by Justin Wilson
Music: Good Old Neon
Featuring: Justin Lochlear, Sierra Sintic, Artie Pena, James Rayburn, Matt Pittman, David Slack

Freeman

Freeman

This project took us to San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas to tell the story of Freeman.

Credits

Director/Editor: Justin Wilson

One Nation:
1968 In Picture & Sound

One Nation:
1968 In Picture & Sound

Official Selection 2009 AFI Film Festival

This is the story of 1968 told in chronological order exclusively using footage and commentary from the year. The soundtrack consists of hits from the year as well lesser known songs from artists of the day.

102 min.
Available upon request

PRESS

AFI Last Night: One Nation

Hollywood Reporter: Docs Spotlighted at AFI 2009

KERA Think w/ Kris Boyd (One Nation)

Credits

Edited by Justin Wilson, Jack Waldrip and Tony Wann
Motion Graphics & Titles by Tony Wann
Sound Editor: Russell Smith
Executive Producer: Lola Lott

Infrared India
Rajasthan 2019

Infrared India
Rajasthan 2019

Audience Choice Award – Desert Edge Film Festival 2021, Rajasthan

Special Mention – International Category @ Pink City Short Film Festival 2019, Jaipur

Best Editing @ The BUDDHA International Film Festival India 2019

An infrared travel diary from a month around Rajasthan, a state in northern India.

Credits

Director/Editor: Justin Wilson

Supersonic Love Boom

Supersonic Love Boom

Official Selection of Dallas Videofest 24

Nomad couchsurfer Te’Devan travels through Texas from Barton Springs to the State Fair and gets mixed reactions to his sound healing abilities.

12 min.
Available on my Vimeo channel.

Credits

Director/Editor/Producer: Justin Wilson
2nd camera: Lan Freedman

Compassionate Cultivation

Compassionate Cultivation

The seed-to-sale process inside Texas’s only medical cannabis dispensary.

Credits


Director/Editor: Justin Wilson
Director of Photography: Phillip Sheldon
Steadicam Operator: Jared Deer
AC: Paul Orr
Sound Recording: Tiago da Silva
Producer: Keith Munley
Music: Jeff Davis

You Can Color Outside The Lines:
The Big Boys

You Can Color Outside The Lines:
The Big Boys

YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES: THE BIG BOYS tells the story of the beloved funk/punk band from Austin, Texas. Go beyond Austin’s city limits and hear from some of music & skateboarding’s greats about how the original “skate punk” band’s message of DIY positivity still resonates today. Hear from such legends as Tim Kerr (Big Boys), Fred Armisen (SNL), Tony Alva (Dogtown & Z-Boys), Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam), Exene Cervenka (X) & many more as this VHS-inspired trip takes you back to those hot summers of Texas in the 80s. And then go make your own art!

This film is in post-production.

Credits

Cinematography: Justin Wilson, Bryan Lee Taylor, Joe Salinas
Editors: Justin Wilson, Ryan Sherrell, Mike Wiebe, Kyler Potter
Produced by: Brian Flynn, Blaire Noonan, Jenn Beck, James Brandon, Jason Chief Turnbull
Photographs: Bill Daniel
Visual Effects: Jonathan Poritsky, Robert Rigdon, Justin Wilson
Sound Recording: Louis Rosado
Muralist: Creighton Tynes
Music by The Big Boys