Ellen Martinez

Director/Producer

New York, NY US

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Documentary Director, Producer and Writer based in New York City.

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Ellen Martinez is a documentary director, producer, and recent Netflix Nonfiction Directing Fellow. She directed and produced AFTER SPRING, a feature documentary about the Syrian refugee crisis. The film was Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, was broadcast on Starz and is the recipient of a Frontline Award for Documentary Journalism. It is now available in 50+ countries around the world. She is currently in production on her second feature film entitled SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE for PBS about tenants fighting back against corrupt landlords in NYC. As a producer she and has worked on projects for Imagine Documentaries, Catalyst Films, Participant Media, and PBS. Ellen attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and was an honoree as a Director on DOC NYCs inaugural “40 Under 40” list. She grew up overseas in Dubai, Venezuela and Syria and is now based in Brooklyn, New York.

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