Justin Martinez (born July 14, 1980) is an American film director, cinematographer, visual effects artist, writer and producer. He is a co-creator of

Radio Silence In telecommunications, radio silence or Emissions Control (EMCON) is a status in which all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area are asked to stop transmitting for safety or security reasons. The term "radio station" may include anything ca ...

, known for their work on the films ''

V/H/S ''V/H/S'' is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of found foo ...

'', '' Devil's Due'', and '' Southbound''.

Biography

Radio Silence

In 2011, Martinez formed

with Tyler Gillett,

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (born February 19, 1978) is an American director, writer, actor, and musician. He is a founding member of the punk band Link 80 and co-creator of the filmmaking collectives Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence. He is best know ...

and Chad Villella. The group co-directed and co-wrote the ''10/31/98'' segment of the feature film ''

''. Radio Silence was brought on to direct a segment for V/H/S after producer Brad Miska saw ''Mountain Devil Prank Fails Horribly'', a found footage short that Martinez created with the group Chad, Matt & Rob. V/H/S premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival It was released theatrically by

Magnolia Pictures Magnolia Pictures is an American film distributor. It is a subsidiary of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's 2929 Entertainment. Magnolia was formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, and specializes in both foreign and independent films. Ma ...

in October 2012. In 2013, Radio Silence made '' Devil's Due'' for

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

. The movie was produced by John Davis and released theatrically in January 2014 to a worldwide audience. Martinez is credited as the Executive Producer, Cinematographer, and Visual Effects Supervisor on the movie. In 2015, their film '' Southbound'' premiered at the

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a perman ...

. The movie was picked up for distribution by the Orchard for release in February 2016.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2012) * '' Devil's Due'' (2014) * '' Southbound'' (2015)

References

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External links

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Devil's Due
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Justin 1980 births Living people American cinematographers American film directors People from Tucson, Arizona Visual effects supervisors Film producers from Arizona