The Coen Brothers, Jason Reitman, Judd Apatow, Darren Aranofsky, Richard Kelly, James Wan, Stephen Soderbergh, Greg Marcks, Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez, Wong KarWai, Stanley Kubrick, Hiyao Mayazaki, Trey Parker, Mark Waters, Robert Altman, the Farrelly Brothers, Martin Scorsese, Fernando Meirelles, Quentin Tarantino
Awards
Oscar qualifier, Best Short Film, 2006, as a producer of FIELDS OF MUDAN
The Precious, 2005 New Haven Underground Film Festival, as writer/director of CHEAP AS HELL: A CHRISTMAS STORY
Student Academy Award, 2003, as a producer of THE PLUNGE
Professional Affiliations
Evergreen Pictures, Mean Time Productions, Goodnight Film, Pangea Productions, Chimborazo Films, Of the Lake Productions, April Fools Films
Marty's Interests
General
movies (watching them and making them), basketball, playing pool, dogs, sleeping, reading
Music
Nine Inch Nails, Saul Williams, OutKast, A Perfect Circle, Flogging Molly, Sublime, Chillum, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Ludacris, Eminem, Dropkick Murphys
Movies
The Big Lebowski, Election, American Beauty, V for Vendetta, Fight Club, Knocked Up, The Puffy Chair, The Godfather, Royal Tenenbaums, Pi, Animal House, 11:14, Donnie Darko, The Matrix, City of God, Chasing Amy, The Constant Gardner, The Fountain, Bull Durham, Little Children, Funny Ha Ha, Bottle Rocket, Almost Famous, Tarnation, Fahrenheit 911, American Movie, Murderball, Requiem for a Dream, 40-Year Old Virgin
Television
The Rachel Maddow Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Colbert Report, Daily Show, Celtics basketball, and UConn basketball. And that's more or less it.
Books
Anything by Barbara Ehrenreich, Chuck Palahniuk, Wally Lamb, Brian Trent, Tom Perrotta, and H.P. Lovecraft
Heroes
My dad, Larry Bird, Nadav Henefeld, Kevin Smith, and the guys who invented Subway
I co-produced a film called BEING MICHAEL MADSEN, and it's awesome! It stars Michael Madsen, Virginia Madsen, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah and Lacey Chabert. Check it out ...
I also associate produced a film that just got distribution, called THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS last year. Here's the trailer ...
So anyway, I'm Marty. I'm also "The Beast," a nickname I got after I ate six servings of dinner one night at UConn. Since I'm really tall, the nickname stuck. It's since morphed into nicknames like Beastly, Beastie Boy, things like that. But Beast is the name I respond to. (It's a term of endearment, I promise.)
I went to film school at Florida State for two years, and then came right back home. I teach film classes at Quinnipiac University, and I also make independent films here in Connecticut.
I've produced three indies in the last couple years. I co-produced BEING MICHAEL MADSEN, I associate produced THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, and I produced FOG WARNING. (And if you scroll back up the page, you can see trailers for all three of 'em.)
I'm doing some work right now - I'm attached to co-produce a gothic horror fantasy adaptation of SNOW WHITE with my friend Alex (who directed that other film up there, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS). And if that wasn't enough, I'm also the Educational Director for the Connecticut Film Festival.
I'm also writing a feature film, a romantic comedy/drama called RISING STAR. Writing is a huge part of my life. I used to be a newspaper reporter before getting into movies, so I've been putting pen to paper (or hands to keyboard, I guess) for a long time.
Hmm, what else about me ... I'm a huge basketball fan; I love the UConn Huskies, Boston Celtics, and Connecticut Sun. I used to play in high school and college, and I try to play a little now. (Even though I seem to get hurt EVERY TIME I PLAY.) I love to travel, even though I haven't done very much of it lately. When I was younger, I used to go all over the country, sometimes on a day's notice, and it was a blast. I need to do more of that, I think. And I love dogs, especially pugs. Anything else ya wanna know, just ask.
Who I'd like to meet: Trent Reznor, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Johnny Depp, Stephen Hawking, Maynard James Keenan, Robert Rodriguez
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The trailer for Fog Warning looks incredible! I cannot wait to see the whole movie. Great job! You're doing amazing things as always...
On a side note, last weekend I was flipping through channels and started watching a movie that seemed ridiculously familiar. I was several minutes into it before I realized it was YOUR movie! The short you made in film school (your D2 maybe?) about the stingy husband whose wife and daughter get revenge at Christmas. How cool is that?! I don't have your number anymore, so I called Fran and hollered on her answering machine about it.
The moral of the story is: Marty is cool. Keep up all your hard work! And tell me when I can come up to Connecticut and work on one of your projects. I'm really great at fetching coffee, and I'm decent at making it. :)
Hey Marty, How’s it going? Please enjoy our latest music video called “Live Like Forever” by Kris Keyes Promizeland and our latest Sketch comedy skit “Chevy Wong Fake News” Please post to your site if you like them. Live Like Forever music Video
Hey you, I'm Acting and Assistant Producing in Assiciation with Daylight Films of the new sci-fi film being shot in Rhode Island "Subject: C"
Nov. 8th 2008 7:00pm to end at KAY Studios Studio 5 66 Valley Street East Providence, RI
Meet the Cast and Crew of the film. Live music, food and drinks, local art, auctions, and so much more!
This is a red carpet, promotional and networking film event, with film-makers from all over New England attending. We have sponsors like Newport Storm, and Pepsi!!!! And we've gotten some great local press!
Maybe you've heard of the event on the radio? Tickets are selling fast so I urge you all planning to attend please go to: http://www. SubjectC. net
Buy your tickets right away and support your local film-makers, like me! AND BE SURE TO TELL THEM THAT "SARI" SENT YOU!!!!!!!!! You're Friend and Fellow artist, ~Sari Gagnon
Righteous trailer! Michael Barra strikes again. The Producing was good too. I don't know what Producers do, but I'm making a fair guesstimate that since you were involved, it was good. :) Talk soon!
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