Justin Wilkes

Justin Wilkes is a film and television producer. Best known for producing documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? that earned him Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nomination^[1] at 88th Academy Awards^[2] with co-producer Amy Hobby and director Liz Garbus. Wilkes also produced the Peabody Award-winning documentary film Judy Blume Forever, that premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2023.^[3]

Filmography

• Fade to Black
• Iconoclasts
• Oprah's Master Class
• Under African Skies
• Jay Z, Made in America
• What Happened, Miss Simone?
• Park Bench with Steve Buscemi
• America Divided
• Stan Against Evil
• Mars'
• Rebuilding Paradise
• Julia
• Light & Magic
• We Feed People
• Judy Blume Forever
• The Super Models
• The Truth About Jim
• Music by John Williams
• I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	Peabody Awards	Documentary	Lucy and Desi	Nominated	[4]
2023	Peabody Awards	Arts	Judy Blume Forever	Won	[5]