Will Martin CV

FILM PRODUCTION:

Notable projects included:
 

Urban Vengeance (formally Roughrider)        Feature Film              Writer / Director / Producer
Shorebreak (in development)                          Feature Film              Writer / Producer / Producer
Community Spotlight: Charles Ealey              Documentary Short  Director / Cinematography
Journey of the Blues Brutha                            Music Video               Director / Producer / Camera
It Should Happen Here (in development)      Short                           Writer / Director / Producer   
Flutter                                                                Feature Film               2nd Unit Director
Beta Technology Commercial (x2)                  Case Study                 Director
East of the Highway                                         Short Film                   Writer / Director / Producer
Still Missing: Roxanne Paltauf                         Short Documentary    Director / Editor
Queensland White Card Training                   Training Video             Director / Camera / Editor
Art, Bars & Scars                                               Short Documentary    Editor
Beatin’ Man Trilogy                                          Music Video               Camera / Editor
Harcourts Realty                                               Property Video           Camera / Editor
Professionals Realty                                         Real Estate Promo      Camera / Editor

ART DEPARTMENT LEAD & FOREMAN FOR FILM & STAGE - IATSE Union 484 (2009 - 2022)
Four years combined experience in set dressing, greens, and propmaking; managing budgets, personnel and delivering film sets on time and on budget:

From Dusk Till Dawn - (television) Season 1 & 2
Key Greens / Greens Foreman

        
American Crime - (television pilot)

Key Greens

Construction Department Foreman on the following projects:

Walker - (television) Season 1-3        
Fear The Walking Dead - (television)                
Urban Cowboy - (television pilot)        
Deliverance Creek - (television pilot)

Set dressing:

 

"Million Dollar Arm" (feature)

"Parkland" (feature)

"Machete Kills" (feature)
 

MUSEUM PRODUCTION & INSTALLATION
Museum Preparator (February 2023 - present):

Leading construction, production coordination and installation of artwork, plinths, walls and fit-outs for exhibitions. Planning and designing exhibitions using SketchUp. Budgeting and purchasing of materials including reusing material to meet the museum’s sustainability goals. Meeting with artists and curators to help meet their vision for an exhibit. At times, assisting the audio / visual department. Notable mentions: Primavera 2023-26, Australian Artists in Focus Program, Nick Mangan and Julie Merathu.
 

Other Experience:
Film Technician                                              Troublemaker Studios   

Stage Hand (six months)                               IATSE (Local 205)
Volunteer Legal Observer (two weeks)        France 
 

EDUCATION

Masaryk University                                              Major: International Relations (one semester)
Vetassess - Certificate III in Carpentry              December 2019
Columbia College Chicago                               Major: Directing (two semesters)
Gonzalo Garza Independence High School    Class of 2006 

SKILLS

Adobe Suite including Premier and Photoshop, Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Logic, 35mm projector management, Licensed for High Risk Work such as fork, booms, and scissor lifts. Academic writing. On-set safety and anti-harassment training. OSHA certified. Intermediate with stage combat and prop weapon handling. Heavy vehicles. Water safety. First Aid certified (as of 2024).