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A.J. Martinson

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Editor
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A.J. Martinson
Best known for historically based thrillers, writer-director AJ Martinson III was born on May 25, 1993 in Pasadena, California.

AJ has worked as a producer and director on a number of projects, from reality TV's Divine Intervention with Father Steve to Blackmark, his first feature film which was acquired by Bleiberg Entertainment in 2017.

At age 17, AJ made his first micro-documentary, Two Lives Saved, about a child and her blind grandfather living in Ethiopia. This film won him ABC 7's Cool Kid Award and launched his filmmaking career.

After graduating high school in 2011 he founded his production company, Section 3 Films, which creates commercials, documentaries and narrative films with an emphasis on branded content for the web.

Over the next six years AJ would go on to build his career on several independent films as an editor and cinematographer, including Pantheon Studios The Mona Lisa Myth and Walt - The Man Behind the Myth - the official Walt Disney biopic.

In 2014 AJ began work on his first feature film, originally titled Red Fish Blue Fish, now Blackmark a Cold War Spy Thriller which was acquired by Bleiberg Entertainment in 2017. Acting as writer, director, producer and editor on the project, AJ brought the military industrial complex and the Kennedy Assassination to the forefront of his 1960s era film - showing his propensity for historically based films.

In mid 2020 AJ completed post production on Documentary feature "The End of Blindness" a followup to "Two Lives Saved".

Presently he continues to build his career as a narrative director while working on branded content through Section 3 Films.
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  • Known for

    Kaiwi Lyman in Blackmark (2018)
    Blackmark
    4.5
    • Director
    • 2018
    The End of Blindness (2021)
    The End of Blindness
    8.8
    • Director
    • 2021
    Alessandro Demcenko in The Search for the Last Supper (2017)
    The Search for the Last Supper
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 2017
    Divine Intervention with Father Steve (2013)
    Divine Intervention with Father Steve
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director(as A.J. Martinson III)

    Credits

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    Director



    • Pink Violet
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Eliot, Nicole Elliott, Emily Gateley, and Shane Rogers in Piper Meets a Psychopath (2024)
      Piper Meets a Psychopath
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Aubrey Trujillo in Couldn't Wait (2023)
      Couldn't Wait
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • The End of Blindness (2021)
      The End of Blindness
      8.8
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Red Fish Blue Fish: A Cold War Spy Thriller (2019)
      Red Fish Blue Fish: A Cold War Spy Thriller
      • Director (as Aj Martinson)
      • 2019
    • Kaiwi Lyman in Blackmark (2018)
      Blackmark
      4.5
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Caitlin's Next Idea
      Short
      • Director (as A.J. Martinson III)
      • 2015
    • July (2015)
      July
      Short
      • Director (as Aj Martinson III)
      • 2015
    • The Courier
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Divine Intervention with Father Steve (2013)
      Divine Intervention with Father Steve
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as A.J. Martinson III)
      • 2013
    • Mark (2012)
      Mark
      Short
      • Director (as Aj Martinson)
      • 2012

    Producer



    • Eliot, Nicole Elliott, Emily Gateley, and Shane Rogers in Piper Meets a Psychopath (2024)
      Piper Meets a Psychopath
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Aubrey Trujillo in Couldn't Wait (2023)
      Couldn't Wait
      Short
      • producer
      • 2023
    • The End of Blindness (2021)
      The End of Blindness
      8.8
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Red Fish Blue Fish: A Cold War Spy Thriller (2019)
      Red Fish Blue Fish: A Cold War Spy Thriller
      • executive producer
      • producer (as Aj Martinson, as Aj Martinson)
      • 2019
    • Kaiwi Lyman in Blackmark (2018)
      Blackmark
      4.5
      • producer (as Aj Martinson III)
      • 2018
    • Divine Intervention with Father Steve (2013)
      Divine Intervention with Father Steve
      7.3
      TV Series
      • associate producer (as A.J. Martinson III)
      • 2013–2014
    • Mark (2012)
      Mark
      Short
      • producer (as Aj Martinson)
      • 2012

    Editor



    • The End of Blindness (2021)
      The End of Blindness
      8.8
      • Editor
      • 2021
    • John and the Pahlavan
      • editor
      • 2018
    • Unnecessary Force (2014)
      Unnecessary Force
      TV Series
      • Editor (as Aj Martinson III)
      • 2014–2018
    • Alessandro Demcenko in The Search for the Last Supper (2017)
      The Search for the Last Supper
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • Madeira (2017)
      Madeira
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • Candice A. Buenrostro and Reece Everett Ryan in Disney XD Growing Up Viral (2016)
      Disney XD Growing Up Viral
      TV Short
      • Editor (as Aj Martinson III)
      • 2016
    • July (2015)
      July
      Short
      • Editor (as Aj Martinson III)
      • 2015
    • Hollywood Health Report (2013)
      Hollywood Health Report
      TV Series
      • Editor (as A.J. Martinson III)
      • 2015
    • Mark (2012)
      Mark
      Short
      • Editor (as Aj Martinson)
      • 2012

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      • A.J. Martinson III

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    • Trivia
      Won ABC 7's Cool Kid Award in 2011 for his work on Two Lives Saved.
    • Trademark
      His films usually focus on or are built around historical events

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