Darnell Martin
Birth Name:
Darnell Martin
Birth Place:
Bronx, New York, United States
Profession
Director, Writer, Camera department, Actress, Producer
Fast Facts
- Served on the dramatic jury at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival
- Won The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Director for her film "I Like It Like That" in 1994
- Attended Sarah Lawrence College before moving on to the New York University Film School
- Worked in film labs and camera rental houses, tended bar and made music videos and short films early in her career
- Became the first African-American woman to direct and produce a movie produced by a major studio when Columbia Pictures released her romantic comedy-drama "I Like it Like That" in 1994
- Wrote the first draft of "I Like It Like That" while she was attending college and working odd jobs
- When she was a child, she was caught on an episode of Candid Camera in which she refused to sell her dog
Awards
- 1994Golden CameraNominated
- 1994Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
- 1994NYFCC Award - Best New Director:Winner
- 1995Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2006Black Reel - Best Director - Television:Nominated
- 2006DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television:Nominated
- 2008Black Reel - Best Director:Nominated
- 2008Black Reel - Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted:Nominated
- 2008Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2009Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television):Nominated
- 2009Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television):Nominated
- 2013Black Reel - Best Director, Network/Cable Television:Nominated