Marty Elcan
MARTY ELCAN bis a Director in the Directors Guild with over 20 years production
experience in film.
Her first short film, "There Goes the Groom," was a hit on the Film Festival circuit and
won several major awards including First place in the U.S. Film and Video Festival, the
CINE Festival's prestigious Golden Eagle Award, Best Short in Festival in the Hope and
Dreams Film Festival as well as numerous others including special mentions from
Worldfest and the New York International Film and Video Competition. It is currently
airing on JLTV.
She went on to direct an episode of the successful FOX series, "Beyond Belief," the
opening sequence for the feature film "Walking Across Egypt," 2nd Unit for the
CBS television pilot "Destiny," multiple award-winning national environmental
Public Service Announcements, a commercial, two internet pilots, and a
documentary that was nominated for a Los Angeles Emmy Award.
Her second short film, "The Hit," was an official selection in sixteen film festivals and
has won a Chris Award, 1st place and a Special Jury Award at the CINE Golden Eagle
Festival, Best Short in Festival in the Thunderbird Festival in Utah, and a World Medal
at the New York Festivals. She directed a well-received 30-second commercial spot
for MoveOn.org and a music video called "Survivor" to benefit Day of the Child, an
organization helping child abuse victims, which aired on the SkyAngel Satellite network.
In 2007, she was one of seven DGA women participating in a special Kodak grant
filmmaking program where she directed "Hit and Run," and she also directed the 35mm
short "Crossing the Line" starring Anne Ramsay and James Eckhouse, which recently won
"Best Drama" in the FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia "Shorts Too" category.
Marty recently directed her feature film directorial debut "Next of Kin," featuring Ed
Begley, Jr., Bess Armstrong, Jeremy London, George Newbern, Kate Orsini and Andrew
Lockridge.
Prior to her Directing career, Marty was a distinguished DGA Assistant Director,
shepherding such high profile films and television shows as "Driving Miss Daisy," "Steel
Magnolias," "Mystic Pizza," "Hill Street Blues," "Picket Fences," "The Grass Harp,"
"Amazing Stories," "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion," "Once and Again," "Inherit
the Wind," "My Favorite Martian" and "Six Feet Under." In this capacity, she learned from
and worked side by side with the best: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Donald Petrie,
Bruce Beresford, Herbert Ross, Dan Petrie, Danny DeVito, and Clint Eastwood.
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Agent:
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