Darnell Martin
Darnell Martin | |
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 Darnell Martin at Tribeca Cinemas celebrating Melvin Van Peebles in 2015 | |
| Born | Darnell Martin January 7, 1964 The Bronx, New York, US |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1989-present |
Darnell Martin (born January 7, 1964) is a television and film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Early life
Martin was born in Bronx, New York, the daughter of Marilyn, a dancer of Irish-American descent, and an African-American attorney.[1] From the Bronx, she went on to Sarah Lawrence College and New York University Film School. Along the way, she worked in film labs and camera rental houses and as a bartender, made music videos and short films, and wrote the first draft of I Like It Like That.[2]
Career as filmmaker
In 1992, Martin's short film, Suspect, which examined the treatment of young black people as assumed criminals, won critical acclaim at the New York Public Theater's Young Black Cinema showcase. After directing her first short film, Suspect, Martin served as assistant camera operator for Jonathan Demme's documentary Cousin Bobby, a film about his cousin Robert Castle, an Episcopal pastor who works in Harlem. The film was well-received from the majority of critics.[3]
In 1994, She directed the Columbia Pictures release I Like It Like That, a romantic comedy-drama film about a young woman trying to love her man, keep her family together, assert her self-worth as a person, and keep her sanity all at the same time. The film was well received by critics, but it didn't perform well at the box office.[4] In 2001 Martin directed Prison Song. She has directed episodes of TV shows like Law & Order and Grey's Anatomy.[5] In 2008, Martin returned to the big screen in which she wrote and directed a musical-drama film based on Leonard Chess and the singers who recorded for Chess Records titled Cadillac Records. In 2012, she directed the well-received television film Firelight.
References
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- ^ Monroe, Steve (1994). "She don't like it like that - motion picture director Darnell Martin's 'I Like It Like That' focuses on character development". Find Articles. Retrieved 2008-12-11. [dead link]
- ^ "Darnell Martin – biography, Photos, Movie, TV Credits". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
- ^ "I Like It Like That". The Numbers. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Cadillac Records Director Darnell Martin". 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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