Biography

Gregori J. Martin is a 2x Emmy® Award-winning director, 5x Emmy® Award-winning producer, 5x Emmy®-nominated writer, and the founder, CEO, and chairman of LANY Entertainment.

Best known as the creator, director, and show-runner of his 23x Emmy® Award-winning and 59x Emmy®-nominated multi-camera drama series The Bay, seen on several streaming services such as Tubi, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Popstar! TV, TenPlay Australia and more, Martin has also been Emmy®-nominated for his work on the POP-TV situation family comedy This Just In, where he served as a director, writer, and co-executive producer for two seasons.

Over his years in the entertainment industry, as a director, writer, and producer, Martin has been involved in over two dozen feature motion pictures and television projects, and has several more in development. His recent director credits include The Raven, a re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe's poems The Raven and Annabel Lee, with an expected release date sometime in the late fall of 2024, and the 2021 holiday film, The Magic, on Amazon Prime Video. An 8 part spin-off of The Bay, called yA, a young adult limited drama series he co-wrote and co-directed is also in post-production. The Southside, based on the true story and tragic death of his cousin, Robert Areizaga Jr., received rave reviews and lots of awards accolades in the festival circuit. In addition, Martin's limited mini-series, A Place Called Hollywood, a satire that tells the cutting-edge story of a young man who pursues his dream in becoming a famous actor and gives a glimpse of the harsher side of Hollywood, also received multiple awards and is being distributed by a variety of steaming services, including Amazon Prime Video and Tubi.

Prior to LANY Entertainment, Martin served as the director, writer, and president of the independent film production company Gruntworks Entertainment for approximately 4 years. At Gruntworks, Martin directed and co-produced half a dozen feature motion pictures with a slew of well recognized film and TV faces. Some of these titles include, The Intruders, also available on Amazon Prime Video, and Jack Rio, seen on Popstar! TV.

Often collaborating with Associated Television International (ATI), Martin was the director and co-executive producer on the television pilot The Agency and is continuously in development on multiple new productions with ATI. In 2013, Martin served as a story consultant and behind the scenes producer for the TV Guide Network (TVGN) documentary Who Shot the Daytime Soap?, and was also the director, producer, and writer for The Disciples, a mini-series developed by ATI and sold to SONY Entertainment.

Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), Martin recently received his fifth Emmy® Award as creator and executive producer of The Bay and his second Emmy® Award for "Outstanding Directing in a Digital Drama Series." Martin has directed over 100 episodes of The Bay and the series is in production on their ninth season.

Residing in Hollywood, CA, Martin is a proud Nuyorican and father of two.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jack Ryan Rosenberg