The Action Hero’s Guide to Saving Lives is a hilarious short film by Justin Lutsky, highlighting action film tropes. All of them.
About the Director
Based in the Orange County, award-winning director Justin Lutsky has had work screened in over 100 film festivals in the world. Via his vimeo page:
Lutsky graduated from Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts summa cum laude in ’05 where he was mentored by acclaimed directors William Friedkin and Carl Franklin. In 2007, he was hand selected by Steven Spielberg as one of the top 20 filmmakers to take part in the new reality television show “On The Lot” airing on FOX.
More recently, Lutsky’s web-series “Armed Response” launched on Break Media’s new YouTube channel ‘HardCoded’. He worked with Quirk Books to create a series of online book trailers, including the hugely-popular “Night of the Living Trekkies”. He collaborated with acclaimed director Rob Cohen as an editor on several Coca-Cola commercial spots as well as a pilot for the Speed Channel and he served as 2nd unit director on the highly-anticipated web-series “Drone” produced by Justin Linn. Currently, Lutsky is in development on several feature length screenplays and high-concept television and digital series with plans to direct.