#GentsTalk
About Gent's Talk:
The Gent's Talk series, powered by Gent's Post and presented by BULOVA Canada and supported by Ride Rude, is an episodic podcast/video style conversation with the leading gents and rising stars of industry. Guests on the show thus far include Russell Peters, Jonathan Osorio, Wes Hall, Karl Wolf, Diogo Snow, Nick Bateman, Justin Wu and many more. The conversations range from career, mental health, family, relationships, business, and everything in between. Even more excitingly, Gent's Talk is the first ever podcast in video format to be featured on all Air Canada domestic/international flights. Our intention is to have a raw and unfiltered conversation with our guests about their lives, how they achieved their successes, lessons learned along the way, and the challenges of climbing that mountain.
Connect with us!
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Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gentstalkpod
CREDITS:
Creative Director, Steven Branco
Producer: Samir Mourani
Associate Producer: Matthew Chapman
Video & Sound Editor: Roman Lapshin
Video & Sound Technician: Poncho Navarro
Studio: Startwell Studios
A STAMINA Group Production, powered by Gent's Post.
About our guest, Just Wu:
Justin Wu is a multi-award winning Toronto-based International TV Director and Photographer.
Wu majored in Biology at Queen’s University and followed that with an Honours in Business Administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business. After foregoing a conventional career in the sciences and business, Wu began as a photojournalist and later scouted as a commercial & portrait photographer. Living and working in Europe with the likes of Vogue, Elle, and GQ, Wu became an internationally recognized artist within the fashion industry with a keen eye for visuals and storytelling. From photography, Wu quickly transitioned into filmmaking.
His television directorial debut was on the hit sitcom Kim’s Convenience streaming internationally on Netflix. For his episode, Justin Wu was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement on a Comedy Show by the Director’s Guild of Canada (DGC) in 2021. Wu has since directed a blocks of episodes the CBC as well as BBC Studios.
Today, Justin Wu has also joined the prestigious Warner Brothers Access x Canadian Academy Roster of directors and early next year, he will be directing his first studio feature film for a streamer.
Over the past decade Wu has directed television and digital commercials for prestigious brands and stars including the likes of Dior, Adidas, Coach, L’Oreal Paris, United Nations, Selena Gomez, Jeremy Irons, Victoria Beckham, Willem Dafoe, Susan Surandon, Joaquin Phoenix, Rosario Dawson, Simu Liu, and many more.
Justin and his work is often a topic for the press as he’s known for his uplifting and empowering approach. This includes being featured in Entertainment Tonight, ETalk, CBC The National, CBS News, MTV, Huffington Post, Vogue, Variety, Le Grand Journal (Canal+), and much more. As a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and a new Global Citizen Champion of Change Ambassador, he continues to stand for inclusion, representation, and equity.
On the side, Justin Wu loves to share his insights, educate and inspire others. He has made keynote addresses at FanExpo, ComicCon, in association with Greenpeace, at the University of Toronto, at Canon Creator Lab, and he has guest lectured at School of Visual Arts (SVA) Masters Photography Program in New York City. This past summer he was on stage alongside the US Trade Ambassador and Canada’s Minister of International Trade to inspire the youth and speak about the importance of the arts. Wu's pioneering and philanthropic work has also won him the 2020 US Power of Purpose award for an awareness campaign he co-founded for the United Nations and winning this year’s Image-maker of the Year Award by the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards (CAFA).