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Jonathan Martin(XVI)

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In this official trailer for "An Evening with My Comatose Mother," Dorothy Pritchard discovers that there is more to the task at hand than housesitting for the wealthy Poe family and caring for their rotting, decomposed comatose Mother.
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A multi-award winning writer, producer and director, Jonathan Martin's films have won over 250 festival and industry awards since 2011. He is known for stylish, entertaining, and slickly produced productions with an eye for the fantastic and for bringing to life worlds unseen.

Apart from directing and producing multiple award winning films, he also founded the genre film festival FilmQuest, which has quickly become one of the biggest and internationally recognized genre festivals in the world since its inaugural season in 2014, having been named in 2018 and 2020 as one of MovieMaker Magazine's "30 & 50 Bloody Best Genre Film Festivals on the Planet," as well as twice being named one of its "Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee." The festival has become a wellspring of talent and discovery, where genre cinema's future heavyweights are celebrated and connected to one another in such a way that has created a unique and exciting community in and of itself.

Founding his production company, Bohemian Industries in 2010, his filmmaking origins began with documentary and videography work before he moved onto narrative filmmaking with his first short film "An Evening with My Comatose Mother," which premiered in April, 2011. "Comatose" would go on to become the most awarded horror short film of all-time, a record it held for five years, winning 76 festival and industry awards while playing over 100 film festivals during its run.

Jonathan followed up "Comatose" with music videos, commercials, and two more short films that saw him delve further into genre filmmaking with his sci-fi music videos "Electric Light" (2012) and "Gravity" (2020), the romantic fantasy music video "I'll Always Be Young" (2013), and the horror videos "Demons" (2018, based in the Comatose Mother universe) and "My Eternity" (2016). He would also make the Doug Jones starring dark fantasy short "Kiss the Devil in the Dark" (2018) based upon an original concept he created with his sister, Rebecca Martin (XIX), that won over 50 awards on the festival circuit. He would also collaborate with Rebecca again to create the Gothic horror throwback short film, "Creatures of Whitechapel" (2016), itself surpassing the success of "Comatose" as the winner of 87 festival and industry awards that World Premiered in Oscar-qualifying competition at the world renowned Sitges Film Festival.
BornNovember 12, 1982
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Jonathan Martin, Festival Director of FilmQuest, Sci-Fi night at the festival, 2016.
Jonathan Martin gives some direction to Doug Jones (Dagon) on the set of "Kiss the Devil in the Dark," 2013.
Jonathan Martin, 2013.
Jonathan Martin and Doug Jones (Dagon) go over it on the set of "Kiss the Devil in the Dark," 2013.
Jonathan Martin giving some direction on "Electric Light," 2011.
Director Jonathan Martin and assistant director Angel Fisher confer with each other on "Kiss the Devil in the Dark," 2013.
Jonathan Martin
Director Jonathan Martin watches a performance on the set of "An Evening with My Comatose Mother," 2010.
Director Jonathan Martin watches a take on the set of "An Evening with My Comatose Mother," 2010.
Sticks on "Comatose," 2010.
Director Jonathan Martin with DP Jeff Yeats on "Demons," 2013.
The cast and crew on the set of "Demons," 2013.

Known for

Rick Macy, Barrett Ogden, Carlee Baker, Jillian Joy, Crystal Harris, Victoria Halloran, and Reeve Boyd in Creatures of Whitechapel (2016)
Creatures of Whitechapel
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Short
  • Writer
  • 2016
Dameon Clarke, Doug Jones, Rick Macy, Brian Higgins, Sonya Macari, Jonathan Martin, Gary Reimer, Amrita Acharia, Jake Stormoen, Johnny Call, Rebecca Martin, and Amy Lia in Kiss the Devil in the Dark (2016)
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.6
Short
  • Producer
  • 2016
An Evening with My Comatose Mother (2011)
An Evening with My Comatose Mother
6.6
Short
  • Writer
  • 2011
James C. Morris, Andrew Liston, Kyle Demontmorency, Laura Chukanov, Jessica Ayn Lee, and Chaunsey Hildebrandt in FilmQuest: Prepare for Fantastic (2014)
FilmQuest: Prepare for Fantastic
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  • 2014

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Writer

  • Ieva Georges and Yelpy in Yelpy: Gravity (2020)
    Yelpy: Gravity
  • Alivia Leonelli in Demons (2018)
    Demons
  • Rachael Domingo in Chrysalis: My Eternity (2016)
    Chrysalis: My Eternity
  • Rick Macy, Barrett Ogden, Carlee Baker, Jillian Joy, Crystal Harris, Victoria Halloran, and Reeve Boyd in Creatures of Whitechapel (2016)
    Creatures of Whitechapel
  • Lala Kent and Shaun Barrowes in Shaun Canon: I'll Always Be Young (2013)
    Shaun Canon: I'll Always Be Young
  • James C. Morris in Muscle Hawk: Electric Light (2012)
    Muscle Hawk: Electric Light
  • An Evening with My Comatose Mother (2011)
    An Evening with My Comatose Mother

Producer

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    • Pre-production
  • Ieva Georges and Yelpy in Yelpy: Gravity (2020)
    Yelpy: Gravity
  • Alondra Excene Shields in Embrace Your Inner Monster (2019)
    Embrace Your Inner Monster
  • Alivia Leonelli in Demons (2018)
    Demons
  • Rachael Domingo in Chrysalis: My Eternity (2016)
    Chrysalis: My Eternity
  • Rick Macy, Barrett Ogden, Carlee Baker, Jillian Joy, Crystal Harris, Victoria Halloran, and Reeve Boyd in Creatures of Whitechapel (2016)
    Creatures of Whitechapel
  • Dameon Clarke, Doug Jones, Rick Macy, Brian Higgins, Sonya Macari, Jonathan Martin, Gary Reimer, Amrita Acharia, Jake Stormoen, Johnny Call, Rebecca Martin, and Amy Lia in Kiss the Devil in the Dark (2016)
    Kiss the Devil in the Dark
  • James C. Morris, Andrew Liston, Kyle Demontmorency, Laura Chukanov, Jessica Ayn Lee, and Chaunsey Hildebrandt in FilmQuest: Prepare for Fantastic (2014)
    FilmQuest: Prepare for Fantastic
  • Lala Kent and Shaun Barrowes in Shaun Canon: I'll Always Be Young (2013)
    Shaun Canon: I'll Always Be Young
  • James C. Morris in Muscle Hawk: Electric Light (2012)
    Muscle Hawk: Electric Light
  • Talese Hunt in Compact Space: Push Push (2011)
    Compact Space: Push Push
  • An Evening with My Comatose Mother (2011)
    An Evening with My Comatose Mother
  • I Am from Nowhere: The People History Ignored (2009)
    I Am from Nowhere: The People History Ignored

Director

  • Ieva Georges and Yelpy in Yelpy: Gravity (2020)
    Yelpy: Gravity
  • Alivia Leonelli in Demons (2018)
    Demons
  • Rachael Domingo in Chrysalis: My Eternity (2016)
    Chrysalis: My Eternity
  • Rick Macy, Barrett Ogden, Carlee Baker, Jillian Joy, Crystal Harris, Victoria Halloran, and Reeve Boyd in Creatures of Whitechapel (2016)
    Creatures of Whitechapel
  • Dameon Clarke, Doug Jones, Rick Macy, Brian Higgins, Sonya Macari, Jonathan Martin, Gary Reimer, Amrita Acharia, Jake Stormoen, Johnny Call, Rebecca Martin, and Amy Lia in Kiss the Devil in the Dark (2016)
    Kiss the Devil in the Dark
  • James C. Morris, Andrew Liston, Kyle Demontmorency, Laura Chukanov, Jessica Ayn Lee, and Chaunsey Hildebrandt in FilmQuest: Prepare for Fantastic (2014)
    FilmQuest: Prepare for Fantastic
  • Lala Kent and Shaun Barrowes in Shaun Canon: I'll Always Be Young (2013)
    Shaun Canon: I'll Always Be Young
  • James C. Morris in Muscle Hawk: Electric Light (2012)
    Muscle Hawk: Electric Light
  • An Evening with My Comatose Mother (2011)
    An Evening with My Comatose Mother
  • I Am from Nowhere: The People History Ignored (2009)
    I Am from Nowhere: The People History Ignored
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Jonathan Martin - 2018 Demo Reel
An Evening With My Comatose Mother
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An Evening With My Comatose Mother

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    • Bohemian Industries
    • FilmQuest
    • November 12, 1982
    • Houston, Texas, USA

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