T. J. Martin

T.J. Martin
Martin in 2017
Born
Thomas McKay Martin Jr.[1]

(1979-09-07) September 7, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Seattle, Washington, U.S.[2]
Alma materFairhaven College
Western Washington University
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • film editor
  • cinematographer
  • producer
  • commercial director
Years active2002–present
RelativesTina Bell (mother)

Thomas McKay Martin Jr. (born September 7, 1979), known professionally as T. J. Martin, is an American filmmaker. Martin's film Undefeated (2011), for which he was co-director, co-editor, and co-cinematographer, won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, making Martin the first film director of African-American descent to win an Academy Award for a feature-length film.[2][3]

Martin's film LA 92 (2017), for which he was co-director and co-editor, won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.

Martin co-directed the documentary film Tina (2021) about the life of singer Tina Turner, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.

  1. ^ a b "T.J. Martin: The 'Undefeated' Interview". The Skanner. February 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Graves, Jen (March 7, 2012). "Undefeated, for Real | How Seattle Native TJ Martin Became a History-Making Oscar Winner". The Stranger.
  3. ^ Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (2015). Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. xxix. ISBN 978-1-4422-4701-7.