Justin John Etheredge, also known as (J.J. Etheredge) born and raised in Los Angeles, California grew up with an Irish mother and African American father. Etheredge is a Meisner trained actor and UCLA MFA Film Director who's exposure to the Entertainment industry began at a young age when he would accompany his oldest sister to work at ABC Studios. Etheredge would often disappear on the lot and could usually be found on set fixated on who he referred to as, "The man in the moving chair". He later discovered that man was the Director. It made an indelible impression on Etheredge who in that moment vowed to one day be a Director. He's spent hours when not attending school researching and studying the work of his favorite directors, Charlie Chaplin, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese and Alfred Hitchcock.