About

Todd Martin is an award-winning American cinematographer from New York, who completed his education in Film & Television at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

His latest feature film, Tatami, co-directed by Academy Award Winner Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival (2023), and went on to win awards at the Tokyo International Film Festival and Munich International Film Festival. He was recently awarded two golden frogs at Camerimage (2024) for his work on the film, one for Best Cinematography in the Debut competition and another for the festival’s Audience Award.

His first feature film, The Novice, directed by Lauren Hadaway, was awarded Best Cinematography alongside Best U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2021 Tribeca Festival.

His notable short form work includes Sandra Winther’s Lowland Kids, which premiered at SXSW in 2019 and won Best Short Documentary at Palm Springs, Minneapolis and CPH Film Festival. His work on Tam Tam, directed by Greg Hackett, earned him a nomination in the short documentary competition at Camerimage (2019).

Martin also has an extensive commercial and music video career—working alongside directors such as Alaska, Daniel Askill, Terence Neal, Jonas Lindstroem, Doug Bernardt, Dan DiFelice, and Hanna Maria Heidrich. He is currently based in New York.