Steven M. Martin (born October 24, 1954) is an American
actor and
filmmaker, who wrote and directed ''
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey'', which earned him a Filmmakers Trophy at the 1994
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
.
Career
Martin has worked as an actor with his identical twin brother Douglas Brian Martin. They played the silent twin
bodyguard
A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...
s Igg and Ook in ''
Hudson Hawk'' and as
conjoined twin
Conjoined twins – sometimes popularly referred to as Siamese twins – are twins joined ''in utero''. A very rare phenomenon, the occurrence is estimated to range from 1 in 49,000 births to 1 in 189,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence ...
Addams family members Dexter and Donald in ''
The Addams Family'' and ''
Addams Family Values''. They also played as the "angry twins" in ''
Fast Times At Ridgemont High''.
In 1982, Martin co-produced the music video co-produced and directed by his brother Douglas Brian Martin for the song, "
I Predict
"I Predict" is a song by the Los Angeles new wave band Sparks. It was released in 1982 as the first single from ''Angst in My Pants'', although an effort was made to release "Eaten by the Monster of Love" as a second single. The group promoted th ...
" by the rock/ new wave band,
Sparks
Sparks may refer to:
Places
*Sparks, Georgia
* Sparks, Kansas
*Sparks, Kentucky
*Sparks, Maryland
* Sparks, Nebraska
*Sparks, Nevada
*Sparks, Oklahoma
*Sparks, Texas
* Sparks, Bell County, Texas
* Sparks, West Virginia
Books
* ''Sparks'' (Raffi ...
. The Martin twins played two brothers turned into human-like mutant creatures in the music video for the
Devo
Devo (, originally ) is an American rock band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. Their classic line-up consisted of two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs (Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a ...
song, "
Through Being Cool" the previous year in 1981.
He made a documentary on
Léon Theremin, the inventor of the
theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, which was critically acclaimed.
References
External links
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American music video directors
American documentary film directors
Identical twins
1954 births
Living people
American twins
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