Darnell Martin Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Director, Screenwriter

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Cadillac Records

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Cedric the Entertainer, Beyoncé Knowles, Columbus Short

Synopsis: The story of the blues in 1950s Chicago is told in Sony BMG Film's Cadillac Records, a musical drama written and directed by TV veteran Darnell Martin. The film stars Adrien Brody as Chess Records founder Leonard Chess, with Jeffrey Wright portraying R&B legend Muddy Waters, Cedric the Entertainer Read More

12/5/08
Masters of Science Fiction: Little Brother

Crew: Director

Actors: Clifton Collins, Jr., Kimberly Elise

2007
South Beach [TV Series]

Crew: Director

Actors: Vanessa Williams, Marcus Coloma, Chris J. Johnson, Lee Thompson Young, Odette Yustman

Synopsis: Characterized by many observers as a somewhat down-and-dirtier The O.C., the weekly, hour-long drama series South Beach starred Marcus Coloma as Matt and Chris Johnson as Vincent, two Brooklyn buddies who relocated to South Beach, Miami in hopes of bettering their prospects. Matt was running away Read More

2006
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Crew: Director

Actors: Ruby Dee, Terrence Howard, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lorraine Toussaint, Halle Berry, Michael Ealy

Synopsis: Originally telecast March 6, 2005, by ABC, this "Oprah Book Club" TV movie is adapted from Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, a certified classic of African-American literature. Covering the first 30 years of the 20th century, the film is set in Eatonville, FL, a largely Read More

2005
Grey's Anatomy: The Self-Destruct Button

Crew: Director

Synopsis: It's a toss-up as to who is more disgusted by the news that Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) has slept with Derek (Patrick Dempsey): Meredith's roomies Izzie (Katherine Heigl) and George (T.R. Knight), or the interns' granite-faced supervisor Bailey (Chandra Wilson). Back at Seattle Grace, Derek picks Read More

2005
Law & Order: Absentia

Crew: Teleplay By

Actors: Fred Dalton Thompson

Synopsis: The recent, highly publicized arrest of a longtime fugitive from American justice was the evident source of this 2003 Law & Order episode. It all begins with a jewelry-store robbery in which the owner is killed and a customer (Mandy Patinkin) is wounded. A suspect is brought into court, only to be Read More

2003
Prison Song

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Elijah (rapper Q-Tip) has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years Read More

2001
ER: Ground Zero

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Frances Sternhagen makes her first appearance as Carter's enormously wealthy grandmother, Millicent, whom Carol (Julianna Margulies) approaches for a contribution toward her new free clinic. Meanwhile, Carter (Noah Wyle) tries to hide his silver-spoon upbringing from class-envious Del Amico (Maria Bello Read More

1997
ER: Freak Show

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The first patients for Carol's (Julianna Margulies) new free clinic show up a week before it is supposed to open. Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) accuses Weaver (Laura Innes) of discrimination vis-à-vis Jeanie's termination. After operating on a 12-year-old victim of a hit-and-run, Benton (Eriq La Salle Read More

1997
Nowhere Fast

Actors: Darnell Martin, Addison Cook, Jerry Lindsey, Ari

Synopsis: Nineteen unsavory characters find their lives briefly intertwined one Friday afternoon in a Brooklyn neighborhood in this sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic offering from Cinque Lee (brother of distinguished director Spike Lee). None of the characters are actors and all of them use their actual Read More

1996
Homicide: Life on the Street - Sniper, Part 2

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hoffman, Clark Johnson

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, a serial sniper is still at large -- and now there's a copycat killer on the loose. While the city is in full panic mode, the men and women of the homicide department work 24-hour shifts to track down the killers. Elsewhere, Howard (Melissa Leo) recovers from Read More

1996
I Like It Like That

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Lauren Vélez, Jon Seda, Tomas Melly, Lisa Vidal, Desiree Casado, Isaiah Garcia, Griffin Dunne, Jesse Borrego, Rita Moreno

Synopsis: A Hispanic woman unexpectedly discovers a new outlook on life after taking a new job in this heartfelt, observant comedy-drama. Young Bronx mother Lisette (Lauren Velez) has enough to deal with without taking a job, as she is struggling to raise her three young children and keep her marriage to Read More

1994
The Road to Wellville

Crew: Assistant Sound Editor

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey

Synopsis: This adaptation of the comic novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle is the story of real-life Corn Flakes inventor Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins), an eccentric health nut in the early 20th century. Convinced of the benefits of holistic health practices (mostly involving irrigation of the bowels Read More

1994
Deadly Obsession

Actors: Jeffrey Iorio, Joe Paradise, Darnell Martin, Martin Haber

Synopsis: A disfigured madman works as a university janitor and lives underneath the school's administration building. With an extortion plan in mind, he threatens to contaminate the university's milk supply unless he receives $1 million. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1988