MEET SEAN CARLO

Martini's narrative work in the writer-director capacity has proudly garnered over forty festival wins and recognitions worldwide.  His directing approach is rooted in detail-oriented craftsmanship and motivated visual storytelling, with a focus on shaping vivid, colorful characters that give each project its emotional and tonal identity. Above all, Martini approaches cinema as a form of entertainment: one where tone and world-building work in service of keeping audiences invested, surprised, and moved.

 

Martini’s producing experience spans high-level collaborations with Sony Music Entertainment and Columbia Records on music videos for major recording artists (Fivio Foreign, Bobby Shmurda, and Flipp Dinero, etc.) as well as premium commercial campaigns such as the Giorgio Armani x Kith collaboration featuring Martin Scorsese; or the Soulmate Collection for luxury fragrance brand Mind Games, which publicly premiered at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. He has also contributed to large-scale productions in operational and storytelling capacities, most recently serving as EPK Director on Diamond  starring Andy Garcia, Brendan Fraser, Dustin Hoffman, and Bill Murray. Beginning his career on commercial sets at fourteen under the mentorship of longtime friend and mentor, Brian Bowen-Smith, Martini combines early hands-on production experience with formal training, holding a BFA in Film Directing from the School of Visual Arts before going on to pursue an MFA in Film Production at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.