Justin Martin (director)

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Justin MArtin
Born
Justin Martin
OccupationDirector
Years active2000–present
Known forThe Jungle
Prima Facie
Stranger Things:
First Shadow
AwardsFull list

Justin Martin is an English director of television and theatre. He is known for his collaborations with director Stephen Daldry and has received a BAFTA TV Award as well as nominations for two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Drama Desk Award.

Career[edit]

Martin is a multi-award-winning director working in theatre, film and television. He has a long collaboration with director Stephen Daldry, working as an associate director for Daldry’s award-winning productions of Skylight starring Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan, The Audience starring Helen Mirren and The Inheritance, all of which played on the West End and Broadway.[1][2][3]

Martin's screen credits include work on the first two seasons of the award-winning Netflix period drama series The Crown[4] as well as overseeing hugely successful and record breaking National Theatre Live performances of Skylight (2014),[5] The Audience (2015),[6] and Prima Facie (2022).[7] In 2021 Justin co-directed the BAFTA award-winning film Together with Stephen Daldry starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama.[8][9]

In 2019 Martin directed The Jungle at The Young Vic (2017), the West End (2018) and in New York at St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York (2018).[10][11] For his work he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play.[12] In 2021 he directed the West End production of Suzie Miller’s play Prima Facie starring Jodie Comer for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director.[13] The production transferred to Broadway at the Golden Theatre with Comer reprising her role.[14] He co-directed the play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel to the Netflix streaming series with Stephen Daldry at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. Together they received a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Director.[15]

Activism[edit]

Martin is an associate artist with Good Chance Theatre - a company dedicated to making work with and about refugees.[16] He has directed a number of works for them, including most recently working on a number of promos for "The Walk" - a theatre festival spanning 8000 km from The Syrian border to Manchester.[17]

Credits[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes Ref.
2013 The Audience Asssociate director National Theatre Live
2014 Skylight Associate director National Theatre Live
2016–2017 The Crown Second unit director Netflix series; 12 episodes
2021 Together Co-director BBC Television film
2022 Prima Facie Director National Theatre Live
2023 The Lovers Director Sky Atlantic series; 6 episodes

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Playwright Credit Venue Refs.
2011–2012 Billy Elliot Lee Hall Associate director National Tour [18]
2013 Let the Right One In Jack Thorne Assistant director Apollo Theatre, London [19]
2013 The Audience Peter Morgan Associate director Gielgud Theatre, West End [20]
2015 Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway [21]
2014 Skylight David Hare Associate director Wyndhams Theatre, West End [22]
2015 John Golden Theater, Broadway [23]
2017–2018 The Jungle Joe Robertson
and Joe Murphy		 Director The Young Vic, London [24]
2019 St. Ann's Warehouse, New York [25]
2018 The Inheritance Parts 1 & 2 Matthew López Associate director The Young Vic, London [26]
2020 Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway [27]
2022 Prima Facie Suzie Miller Director Harold Pinter Theatre, West End [28]
2023 John Golden Theater, Broadway [29]
2023–2024 Stranger Things: The First Shadow The Duffer Brothers Director Phoenix Theatre, West End [30]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Project Result Ref.
2019 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play The Jungle Nominated [31]
2022 BAFTA TV Award Best Single Drama Together Won [32]
2023 Laurence Olivier Award Best Director Prima Facie Nominated [33]
2024 Stranger Things: The First Shadow Pending [34]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Skylight (Broadway, 2015)". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The Audience (Broadway, 2015)". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "The Inheritance (Broadway, 2019)". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Justin Martin". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ "NT Live: Skylight". National Theatre. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  6. ^ "The Audience". TV Guide. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Prima Facie". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Together". Bleeker Street. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  9. ^ "BAFTA 2022 TV winners". BAFTA.org. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  10. ^ "The Jungle West End". The Young Vic. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Read Reviews for The Jungle at St. Ann's Warehouse". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Olivier Awards 2023: Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal nominated for theatre prizes". BBC. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Killing Eve Star Jodie Comer to Bring Prima Facie to Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Olivier awards 2024: complete list of nominations". The Guardian. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Our Team - Good Chance". Goodchange.org. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Biography - Justin Martin". Justin Martin. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Justin Martin - Artist". Abouttheartist. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  19. ^ Gardner, Lyn (8 April 2014). "Let the Right One In five-star review – 'Exquisitely beautiful staging'". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  20. ^ "London Theatre News, Reviews, Interviews". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Dame Helen Will Bring Queen Liz II To Broadway In Peter Morgan's 'The Audience'". Deadline Hollywood. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Skylight". Official Theater. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Broadway Review: 'Skylight' with Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy". Variety. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  24. ^ "The Jungle Review". Time Out. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  25. ^ "The Jungle". St. Ann's Warehouse. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  26. ^ "The Inheritance". The Young Vic. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Why 'The Inheritance' Imploded On Broadway". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  28. ^ "Jodie Comer Stars in London Prima Facie Beginning April 15". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  29. ^ "Prima Facie review: Jodie Comer makes a remarkable Broadway debut in Suzie Miller's one-woman show". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  30. ^ "Stranger Things: The First Shadow". London Theatre. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  31. ^ "Nominations for the 2019 Drama Desk Awards Announced; Oklahoma!, Tootsie, Rags Parkland Lead the Pack". Playbill. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  32. ^ Tv, Guardian (30 March 2022). "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  33. ^ Stage, Guardian (2 April 2023). "Olivier awards 2023: full list of winners". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  34. ^ "Olivier awards 2024: complete list of nominations". The Guardian. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
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