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Martin
Beck started his directorial career in 1970. Based in Charlotte,
NC. he worked
primarily on the East Coast from New York to Atlanta to Miami,
directing television commercials, documentaries and motion pictures.
In the past 30 years he has directed over 2000 television commercials.
Martin has received awards from every major broadcast competition for
his work, including the New York Art Directors Show, the Clio and Addy
awards, the New York, Houston and Hollywood International Film
Festivals. His work has appeared on the NBC Special, The Best TV
Commercials.
Martin has also directed national award winning documentaries for the
Sterling Research Institute, Ford Motor Company and industrial films
for Coca Cola, Wendy's, Shakespeare and Wrangler, to name just a few,
In 1973, Martin directed his first full length motion picture Challenge,
which grossed over 20 million dollars. Challenge was produced
by the EO Studios of
North
Carolina and has twice been on Variety's top 50 list. Martin has
worked on 17 other films in almost every capacity, from assistant
director to production manager, from make-up artist to sound engineer,
from associate producer to music supervisor. He directed the motion
pictures The Brass Ring and The Manhunter, co-starred as
the heavy in Dark Sunday, worked as associate producer on Wolfman
and directed and edited Last Game.
In 1991, Martin returned to his hometown of Texarkana but continues to
direct regional and national projects in the Texarkana, Little Rock
and Dallas areas. He has worked primarily for Westbrook Productions
and BubbaJunk.com owned by Jay Wommack. Martin
also teaches a small group of hand picked, talented young actors and
lectures in many parts of the country, sharing with new actors and
film makers some of his experiences,
The 21st Century started out grand for Martin Beck, producing and
directing one
national television commercial for BubbaJunk.com, directing a
national infomercial for Rotostyler and producing and directing
one national sporting event
for TNN... READ MORE and see some of the many talented actors he has worked with on HIS WEB SITE
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