Justin Baldoni is an actor, director, producer, and New York Times bestselling author, whose efforts are focused on creating impactful media and entertainment. He is co-founder of Wayfarer Studios, an independent production studio focused on creating purpose-driven, multi-platform content that serves as true agents for social change. He spent five seasons starring as “Rafael” in “Jane the Virgin,” and is currently directing, executive producing, and starring in the highly anticipated film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s #1 bestselling novel IT ENDS WITH US. He’s also producing, and financing through Wayfarer Studios, such films as EZRA (starring Robert DeNiro, Bobby Cannavale, being released this year), A NICE INDIAN BOY (which premiered at SXSW and stars Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni), Eleanor the Great (Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut), CODE 3 (starring Rainn Wilson and Lil Rel Howery), and is in development on the live-action film for PAC-MAN! On the documentary side, projects include features such as WILL & HARPER, starring Will Ferrell, which is one of the biggest documentary sales out of Sundance which will premiere on Netflix, BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL, THE HERRICANES, and RACIST TREES. He hosts the popular, Webby- nominated podcast, The Man Enough Podcast, which explores what it means to be a man today and how rigid gender roles have affected all people. He has also added author to his credits having penned his inaugural book Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity in 2021 and then Boys Will Be Human in 2022 , which went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
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