Justine Garrett is a writer, producer, director, and educator who works across film, performance, and extended reality (XR).

Garrett is the writer and producer of Groundworks, a documentary about California Native artists that aired more than 1,000 times on PBS member stations. Across her work in film, interactive media, and theatre, she explores how storytelling can illuminate community, place, and collective futures. Her earlier work includes research and production on the National Emmy Award–winning documentary No Greater Love, as well as videos and interactive content for the Science Museum in London. As director and producer of Captain Me, an interactive musical series for children with diverse needs, she brings together storytelling, accessibility, and educational design.

Garrett is the co-founder of Toasterlab, a media studio specializing in place-based XR and immersive media. Through Toasterlab, she has led the creation of public-facing XR projects, open-source tools, and large-scale convenings that support artists working at the intersection of narrative, technology, and community. Her immersive theatre and AR work Transmission premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Future of Storytelling Festival in New York. Her recent theatre projects include The Laundry List and ongoing collaborations on choreorobotics and performance lectures with Sydney Skybetter.

An experienced educator and academic leader, Garrett teaches storytelling across media at Toronto Metropolitan University and the University of Toronto Mississauga. She has developed degree programs and curricula integrating art, narrative, and technology at Brown University, CalArts, and York University, and has held senior academic affairs roles at CalArts and the University of Toronto. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from CalArts, a BA in Psychology from UCLA, and is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory.