Ellen Martinez

Ellen Martinez is a documentary director, producer, and writer. She directed and produced AFTER SPRING, a feature documentary about the Syrian refugee crisis. The film was Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, was broadcast on Starz and is the recipient of a Frontline Award for Documentary Journalism. Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Latino Public Broadcasting, Firelight Media, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and NYSCA. As a producer she has worked on projects for HBO, Disney+, PBS, Participant Media and Imagine Documentaries. Ellen was an honoree as a Director on DOC NYCs inaugural “40 Under 40” list and was a Netflix Nonfiction Directing/Producing Fellow. She attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and is originally from Texas but grew up living overseas in Dubai, Venezuela, and Syria. She is now based in Brooklyn.