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Martha M. Elcan

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Martha M. Elcan
A twist-filled Christmas thriller in vein of "Tales from the Crypt!"

While exchanging presents on Christmas Eve, an older married couple discover the dark secrets hiding behind their marriage. Filled with twists and turns, the couple play cat-and-mouse with each other as we find out things aren't so merry this Christmas.

CAST "Carol"............Marty Elcan "Bob"............ Joseph Miller "Mary"...........Nicole Torode 

CREW Writer/Director: Jermey Ashley Producer: Rick Lozano Assistant Director: Clark Gholamipour

Director of Photography: Henryk Cymerman Camera Operator: Tristan Aghajanian First AC: Brain Chow Second AC: John Balen Gaffer: Jonathan Sohn Key Grip: Michael Murphy Best Boy Key Grip: Francis Dillon Gimbal Operator: Jose Sainz Garcia

Production Design: Cesar Reyes  Art Director: Debbie Salazar Asst. Art Director: Christine Harris 

Editor/VFX: Dylan England Colorist: Jack Tashdijan Composer: Alexander Taylor & Andrew Salazo

Sound Recordist: Jesus Pinedo Sound Mixer: Brain Gobuty Script Supervisor: Maria Vasquez Sound Supervisor/Re-Recording Mixer: Abe Betancourt Dialogue Editor: Vu Le

Make-Up FX: Amanda Santana Asst. Make-Up: Estella Robinson Asst. FX: Victoria Solorio

Stunt Coordinator: Esteban Casabianca

Casting Director: Michelle Partida Asst. Casting Director: Russell Coker

Production Assistant: April Landers Production Assistant: Chakameh Zadeh Production Assistant: Damien Christie

Production Company: Cutting Floor Films Filming Location: Los Angeles, CA

SPECIFICATIONS Project Type: Short Genres: Thriller/Horror Runtime: 12 minutes 41 seconds Completion Date: August 1, 2020 Country of Origin/Filming: United States Language: English Shooting Format: Digital
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Among the Mistletoe (2020)
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Originally from Virginia, Marty Elcan is a DGA director with over 25 years of production experience. Her feature film debut NEXT OF KIN starred Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer, Ed Begley, Jr., Bess Armstrong, Jeremy London and George Newbern. Most recent directing projects are "As If..." (a comedic look at gender and racial parity), and "Ladies Most Deject" (the Appalachian meth crisis through a child's eyes), which has been in 36 festivals, winning 19 major awards. Her other Shorts have been in 43 festivals and won 15 major awards. She directed Fox' BEYOND BELIEF, the Sign Language series SHUT UP AND SIGN, several 2nd Units, a commercial, national award-winning PSA's, an Emmy-nominated documentary, and a piece for L.A. City profiling the first woman Fire Marshal in Los Angeles.

Prior to directing, Marty worked as an Assistant Director on such classics as STEEL MAGNOLIAS, DRIVING MISS DAISY, INHERIT THE WIND (with George C. Scott and Jack Lemmon) and SIX FEET UNDER alongside such directors as Bruce Beresford, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Lesli Linka Glatter, Bethany Rooney, and Alan Ball.

Marty's background as a theater actress gives her actors comfort on set, while her award-winning photography and production experience bring a technical expertise and vision to her films.
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Martha M. Elcan in Among the Mistletoe (2020)
Martha M. Elcan in Among the Mistletoe (2020)
Bess Armstrong, Martha M. Elcan, and Kate Orsini in Next of Kin (2008)

Known for

Ladies Most Deject (2019)
Ladies Most Deject
Short
  • Director
  • 2019
Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, and Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias (1989)
Steel Magnolias
7.3
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1989
Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Driving Miss Daisy
7.3
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Martha Elcan)
  • 1989
Julia Roberts, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish, William R. Moses, and Adam Storke in Mystic Pizza (1988)
Mystic Pizza
6.3
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1988

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Sophia Lillis in Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
    • (as Marty Elcan)
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    Grey's Anatomy
  • Tony Danza, Roger Bart, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, Nate Smith, David Hoffman, Andrew Schulz, Jane Levy, Ian Nelson, Daniel Strauss, and Camrus Johnson in There's... Johnny! (2017)
    There's... Johnny!
  • Jessica Sula in Recovery Road (2016)
    Recovery Road
  • Sin City Saints (2015)
    Sin City Saints
  • Kirby Buckets (2014)
    Kirby Buckets
  • Drew Seeley, Matt Bush, Kelly Blatz, and Hartley Sawyer in Glory Daze (2010)
    Glory Daze
  • Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
    Private Practice
  • Jonny Lee Miller in Eli Stone (2008)
    Eli Stone
    • (as Marty Elcan)
  • Lipshitz Saves the World (2007)
    Lipshitz Saves the World
  • The L Word (2004)
    The L Word
    • (as Marty Elcan)
  • Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodríguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, and Mathew St. Patrick in Six Feet Under (2001)
    Six Feet Under
    • (as Martha Elcan)
  • Destiny
  • Sharing the Secret (2000)
    Sharing the Secret
    • (as Martha Elcan)
  • Once and Again (1999)
    Once and Again
    • (as Martha Elcan)

Director

  • Ladies Most Deject (2019)
    Ladies Most Deject
  • As If...
  • Making LA Happen (2016)
    Making LA Happen
    • (as Marty Elcan)
  • A Minor Problem
  • Shut Up and Sign (2012)
    Shut Up and Sign
  • Next of Kin (2008)
    Next of Kin
  • Hit and Run
  • Crossing the Line
  • The Hit (2002)
    The Hit
  • There Goes the Groom
  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Actress

  • Impaired
    • Completed
  • M1A1
    • Completed
  • A Fair Goodbye
    • Completed
  • 23 and Marie
    • Completed
  • Among the Mistletoe (2020)
    Among the Mistletoe
  • Ladies Most Deject (2019)
    Ladies Most Deject
  • Kelsey Formost in A Proper Burial (2018)
    A Proper Burial
  • Wheels (2016)
    Wheels
  • Scarlett (2014)
    Scarlett
  • Walter Matthau and Sissy Spacek in The Grass Harp (1995)
    The Grass Harp
    • (as Marty Elcan)
  • Picket Fences (1992)
    Picket Fences
    • (as Marty Elcan)
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AMONG THE MISTLETOE I Short Film Trailer (2021) [HD]
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AMONG THE MISTLETOE I Short Film Trailer (2021) [HD]

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