ABOUT RICHARD MARTIN
FILMMAKER
Richard Martin is an award-winning filmmaker from Vancouver Canada. He holds an MFA in Film Production from the University of British Columbia.
His work encompasses experimental film and video as well as mainstream feature film and television. His experimental work has screened at prestigious venues, Berlin International Film Festival, Oberhausen, Ann Arbor, Toronto International, Rencontres Paris/Berlin and many more.
Richard with Christian Pouligo
Director AVIFF (Cannes)
RECENT NEWS
MATINEE Re-Release
Martin’s 1989 Feature Film MATINEE aka Midnight Matinee has been picked up for renewed distribution by Trimuse Entertainment for streaming on Hollywood Suite and Kino Lorber. In Europe, Multimedia Ulrich handles Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Cineworks Screening BACKBONE
Cineworks screened BACKBONE including a Q & A with Richard and producer William Fritzberg on April 4th, 2024.
“Richard Martin’s BACKBONE is essential viewing”
“The film artist takes cynical views ranging from cinema conventions, fundamentalism to politics”
“Martin comes to terms with grief by universalizing it. He succeeds in telling his own life through everyman’s. His delicacy and reserve speak emotion”.
“DIMINISHED: A delicately structured non-verbal poem about loss, time and memory. A documentary of the heart”
“Richard Martin’s Mixed Signals Is a scathing case of guilt by visual association”
