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Fabien Martorell is an award-winning film director from France who moved to Los Angeles in December
2007. He’s currently producing a feature film Snuff based on the book written by the NY Times best selling author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club).
Fabien is filming Unbelief starring Andrew Howard (Limitless), based on a short story written by international best selling author Michael Marshall Smith and his second feature documentary The Guns Story,
about legendary guitarist Tracii Guns (founder of L.A. Guns, Guns N’ Roses), featuring Iggy Pop, Lemmy
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He just finished The Coin starring Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future), Kathryn Morris (Cold Case).
His first feature documentary Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman about legendary and eccentric Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Ent. and creator of the Toxic Avenger, wowed the judges at the 2009 New York International Independent Film Festival and was awarded “Best Biographical Documentary”. The film starred such luminaries as Stan Lee,
Roger Corman, John Badham, Eli Roth, Trey Parker, Mark Damon, Steven Paul, James Gunn and Tiffany Shepis. It
was the selection at several other US film festivals including the Hollywood Film Festival and NewFilmmakers Los
Angeles, and it was acclaimed by the specialized press/critics. The film is distributed worldwide on internet (iTunes,
vudu, etc…) by the Los Angeles-based distribution company Under The Milky Way.
He has directed, written and produced 9 short films including The Track, La Luna and Memories of a Dagger that
have been selected and screened at prestigious international film festivals including Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, London, Barcelona and Tokyo.
He is the co-founder of the Festival du Film Court de Vaulx-en-Velin Film Festival in France, now in its twelfth year.
Fabien set up his own production company, FM Pictures LLC in Los Angeles end of 2011. He now resides in Hollywood, California.
LA FIRM INC MOVIE REVIEW
Not every critic has the same view and not every person doing films is cut out for it. When I first sat down to watch
The Coin, I was very anxious to see it. I was very impressed by the quality of the presentation. However, more importantly the acting was amazing. I felt center stage at the theatre the whole way through. Our recomendations are based
solely on our appreciation for effortless brilliance and art. The crazed mother played by Kathryn Morris was electrifying for lack of better words while Christopher Llyod was stellar in his role as the guardian angel. We rank this short
film with some of the elite blockbusters from the 80’s and 90’s like 48 hrs. or even Misery. I find a very alluring and
passion filled director in Fabien Martorell. Classic in plain english.
Darcell Carraway
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