Achievements
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Lymelife marked Martini"s directorial debut and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008, where it won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award for best film. Martini also received a "Breakthrough Director" nomination from the 2009 Gotham Awards for the film. Martin Scorsese, a producer of Lymelife, is a champion of Martini"s work. Martini was the youngest filmmaker to ever win the prestigious International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award. Martini"s other feature film credits include Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire, written and produced and starring both he and his brother Steven Martini in 2000, which also made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was awarded the festival"s Discovery Award. Bolden, a full-length feature film he co-wrote with the director Daniel Pritzker depicting the life of obscure jazz legend Buddy Bolden. And Louis, a black and white silent film chronicling the early days of Louis Armstrong and his quest to acquire his first trumpet.
