- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Lee Martin was born in Detroit, Michigan, the only child of parents George, an architect and Lynne, a gifted portrait artist. His parents divorced and he moved with his mother to a small but comfortable home in the city of Warren, Michigan, where he attended Washington Elementary and St. Clements schools.
As a child, he displayed a strong interest in motion pictures and began appearing regularly in neighborhood theater. At age 13 his grandmother, Helen, responded to his aspirations by giving him a Bolex H16 Rex camera for Christmas which he used to create dozens of short films.
Obtaining a bachelor's degree in business administration, Martin next curtailed his theatrical endeavors to pursue a successful career as a marketing and event manager--gaining skills which were to prove extremely valuable in his subsequent work as a producer. Finding the instability of the work in Michigan's fluctuating economy unsatisfying, he abandoned it in 2007 and returned to his first love--film--with the production of the thriller anthology, Lee Martin's the Midnight Hour (2008).
Originally planned as a vehicle for his mother, he took over as series host when she became gravely ill. Martin's work on the series later distinguished him as one of the most prolific independent producers in the U.S.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Great Lakes Cinema
- Is of French (Alsace-Lorraine), Scotch (Lanarkshire) and Irish (County Antrim) descent.
- [on his work as a film maker]: "I've despised every day job I've ever had. If I actually believed there would never be anything for me to do or think about but an office job, I'd get a gun and blow my brains out."
- On scripting Lee Martin's the Midnight Hour (2008): No one will ever know which ones, but a few episodes have had some very autobiographical elements to them. Ironically, a couple of those have become cult faves amongst the fans, who probably would be shocked to learn those outrageous characters and situations they fell in love with are based on real people and incidents!
- [on Lee Martin's the Midnight Hour (2008)]: For one thing you don't see many anthologies today. Having written 38 half hour shows, I understand why. It's really, really hard to come up with a new set of characters, locations and situations every time. Writing a show like "Supernatural" must be much easier, because you know the characters, how they react to each other, etc. That said, I've always loved anthologies because they stay interesting and fresh. We consistently hear back that people think the writing is very good, which has saved us when the lack of funds has been obvious. People still like a good story and we do keep ours original-no remakes and no variations of films that have already been done. It keeps the show truly offbeat, because I refuse to do what everyone else is doing. I suspect the kids like us not only because we're gruesome, but because we're deliberately politically incorrect. Mom and dad like us because they miss shows with interesting stories. If you only watch mainstream, big budget all-star formula pictures with socially redeeming messages, look elsewhere. Midnight Hour is a Saturday night beer and popcorn affair.
- [on Lee Martin's the Midnight Hour (2008)]: As director and writer I haven't really changed since we started. The only difference is that people listen to me now!
- [on his early film making aspirations]: My first typed screenplay was completed in 1978 after my father hinted he'd buy a movie camera for me that Christmas. His gift turned out to be a set of civil engineering textbooks instead, leading my grandmother to buy me a camera the following Christmas as consolation. If it wasn't for his mean-spirited prank, she would never have paid that much to indulge me. However it was that camera and the films I produced with it that led me to my work today as a producer.
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