Justin Robert Burwinkel, the illustrious photographer and filmmaker, was born on February 14, 1989 and grew up in rural Clermont County roughly twenty miles away from the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. In his youth he attended St. Louis School, the parochial school of St. Louis Church in Owensville. His career at Archbishop McNicholas High School in Anderson Township was marked with a great deal of success, including being a four-year Honor Roll student, a member of both the National and National Art Honor Societies, a student council representative, a Mardi Gras Honorgaurd member and the 2007 Prom King. Some of his other major accomplishments include receiving Second Team of the Greater Cincinnati League for Cross Country for two years, he was the Varsity Cross Country captain, and he has done hundreds of hours of community service for such groups as the Clermont County MRDD, Habitat for Humanity and other worthy causes.

Some of Burwinkel’s hobbies are music, football, and drawing, but perhaps most of all he likes photography and film/video production. In fact, he received Honorable Mention in the Cincinnati Art Association’s Overture Awards and was a recipient of the Wolfstein Scholarship to the University of Cincinnati’s DAAP Program upon receiving a perfect score of 5 on the AP 2-Design Studio Art portfolio from the College Board. He is the proud founder of the Idiots United Film Group and has affiliations with the musical group Tom Riddle & Friends and Stuart's Rhino, and is an active personality featured in the O-Town Rascals Productions.
    
      What, you might ask, does such an active and busy person do in his spare time? Burwinkel enjoys participating in outdoor activities such as skiing, bicycling, and outdoor leisure's; as well as listening to his favorite bands Juanes, Ekhymosis, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name a few.
       Burwinkel has been employed as an image editor and event photographer at Robert Glutz Photography, where he began working in May 2007.