Award winning film maker and music video director (Arab Strap, The Delgados, Thirteen:13), Martin Smith was the winner of the BAFTA Scotland Award for 'Best Short Film' with TRACKS - a shocking and naturalistic portrayal of children's cruelty in a powerful, raw and affecting film. He is developing a number of feature screenplays. FIRES (with La Belle Allee and Scottish Screen) is a drama about a boy who starts fires, while THE BLACK DEATH (with Sigma Films and Scottish Screen) is a drama about two generations growing up in a Scottish seaside town, intertwining the harrowing events of a fishing trawler and its troubled crew.

Martin was selected by Toronto International Film Festival 2009 to participate in their Talent Lab where 25 of the most promising emerging filmmakers from around the world are invited to build networks with some of the most esteemed filmmakers and artists in the world. JUST ENOUGH DOUBT, the short film that was commissioned by TIFF for the Lab was nominated Best Short Film at the 2010 Jim Poole Scottish Short Film Awards. He also directed MY CITY: EDINBURGH four documentary slots for Channel 4 featuring Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson, the boxer Alex Arthur and the artist John Bellany. His two short films ACCIDENTS and TRACKS were commissioned by the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, GMAC and DigiCult and have been selected by the British Council for international film festival distribution.

Martin is represented by Katharine Vile at United Agents