
Beginning
his career in the arts at the National Ballet School of Canada in
1983, Andrew Kenneth Martin continues to creatively contribute his
talents on and off screen. A working actor for over ten years
Andrew's on screen credits include, You
Belong To Me starring
alongside Shannon Elizabeth, Christian Campbell, Lucas from the long
running television show Train
48, guest
apperances on Relic
Hunter, Adventure
Inc, Mutant
X and Queer
as Folk.
Behind
the camera Andrew blurs the roles of Producing, Writing and Directing
working to push the limits of conventional filmmaking. His unique
visual style began in film school at the University of Western
Ontario and Sheridan College. Afterwards, Andrew began working
diligently on set; commercials, music videos, feature films and
television. Eventually he came to direct the dark erotic thrillerThe Colleague,
where he experimented with the maximum potential of the emerging
digital technology. Since this debut, he has continued to be involved
with all facets of the filmmaking process (especially passionate
about Independent cinema), challenging himself and others which led
to his first feature creation, MAGNUS
OPUS. This
improvised feature film is a hilarious, “off the wall serious”
mockcumentary about a tortured performance artist and his messianic
mission to inspire the world of art. Magnus Opus received an official
selection at the Philadelphia Film Festival and and winner of the
REEL INDIE AWARD at the Canadian Filmmakers festival in Toronto 2006.
Next
Andrew directed and DOP’d an experimental music video for Raoul
and the Big Time,COLD OUTSIDE,
which has been getting regular rotation on COOL TV.
Andrew’s directorial talents and vision have gained him employment
in the television medium, where he moved behind the camera directingTrain 48 for
Protocol Entertainment and Global Television. Here his acting
experience and directing skills were wonderfully fussed together and
applied to this innovate improvised TV series. Next he lent his
vision to Chris and
John’s Road Trip an
amusing, half hour reality road show debuting in 2005 on OUT TV.
Andrew thrived in this run and gun, faced paced shooing environment
where anything can happen and usual does.
Andrew’s
experiences in many areas of the industry have enhanced his ability
to formulate an overall vision for a project, seeing the big picture
clearly. After optioning a script to Random Harvest in the UK in
2003, Andrew is working on his 3rd
feature film script. Along with this, Andrew has been deeply
involved in Digital cinematography. Before his additional
cinematography and editing duties on Magnus Opus, Andrew lent his
cinematographic skills to a feature film entitled Redeemed
Believer’s BanquetHall,
a dark comedy directed by Allison Smith/SIO Media Productions,
released in 2004.
Recently,
Andrew moved into New Media, directing and DOP'ing an series of
interactive flash videos; perceivingreality.com and
questionyourreality.com for ARI Films international. These
edutainment video's incorporate cutting edge visual techniques,
animated and live action video into a integrated web delivery
interface which Andrew art directed as well. Andrew is current
working on the Making Of Documentary for Bruce MacDonald's new feature
film Ponty Pool.
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