Darnell Martin
Darnell Martin (born January 7, 1964) is an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Works
American Rust
A compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris of a Pennsylvania Rust Belt town full of good people making bad choices.
Release Date:2021-09-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:55
The Good Lord Bird
Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
Release Date:2020-10-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:78
For Life
A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
Release Date:2020-02-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:267
The I-Land
Wiped clean of memories and thrown together, a group of strangers fight to survive harsh realities -- and the island that traps them.
Release Date:2019-09-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:266
New Amsterdam
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
Release Date:2018-09-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:11
Vote Count:1008
Incorporated
Set in a near future where corporations have unlimited power, a young executive conceals his true identity to infiltrate a dangerous corporate world to save the woman he loves.
Release Date:2016-11-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:136
Blindspot
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.
Release Date:2015-09-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2449
Madam Secretary
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.
Release Date:2014-09-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:300
The Night Shift
The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed, particularly adrenaline junkie T.C. Callahan.
Release Date:2014-05-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:232
Wish You Well
A young girl and her brother come of age at their great grandmother's house in Virginia during the 1940s. After a family tragedy, a young girl moves from New York with your younger brother to live with their great grandmother on a Virginia farm and comes closer to understanding the land and roots that inspired her father's writings while discovering herself, the love of family, and the power of truly believing.
Release Date:2013-10-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:30
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Release Date:2013-09-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1050
Chicago Fire
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
Release Date:2012-10-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2236
Side by Side
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
Release Date:2012-08-19
Character:Self
Vote Count:291
Firelight
Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Release Date:2012-04-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:13
Grimm
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
Release Date:2011-10-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:3266
Unforgettable
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
Release Date:2011-09-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:311
The Lost Valentine
A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers a story that will change her life forever. When war separates lovers on their wedding anniversary Feb. 14, 1944 at LA Union Train Station, Navy pilot Neil Thomas makes a promise he isn't sure he can keep - to return to the train station safe by their next anniversary. For sixty years Caroline Thomas keeps her promise by waiting at the train station until her missing in action husband can finally keep his with the "lost valentine." The message and meaning shows romance and love can be real; worth fighting, and maybe even dying for.
Release Date:2011-01-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:110
The Walking Dead
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Release Date:2010-10-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:16769
Detroit 1-8-7
What does it take to be a detective in one of America's toughest cities? Follow one homicide unit as Detroit's finest unearth the crisis and revelation, heartbreak and heroism of these inner city cops in Detroit, Michigan.
Release Date:2010-09-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:21
Happy Town
The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings. Now facing a disturbing new crime that brings unresolved fears to the surface, Haplin's most prominent citizens come under scrutiny as their own secrets are revealed.
Release Date:2010-04-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:35
Mercy
Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April. On October 23, 2009, Mercy was picked up for a full twenty-two-episode first season. On May 14, 2010, NBC announced that Mercy had been cancelled and would not return for a second season due to low ratings.
Release Date:2009-09-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:23
Cadillac Records
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Release Date:2008-12-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:443
Life on Mars
After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
Release Date:2008-10-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:91
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Release Date:2008-09-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3857
Gossip Girl
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
Release Date:2007-09-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2136
Masters of Science Fiction
Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community. The show is hosted by physicist Stephen Hawking.
Release Date:2007-08-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:44
Kidnapped
Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007. The series returned on Universal HD in 2008.
Release Date:2006-09-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:28
Saved
“Saved” chronicles medical school dropout turned paramedic Wyatt Cole, who finds the breakneck pace of his 24-hour shift a welcome escape from his inner demons.
Release Date:2006-06-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3
South Beach
Leaving their troubles in Brooklyn behind, best friends Matt and Vincent head to Miami for adventure, hoping to find Matt's old flame, up-and-coming fashion model Arielle. Diving into the glamorous local scene at the Hotel Soleil's hip club Nocturnal, they uncovers the dangerous and possibly seedy underbelly of South Beach.
Release Date:2006-01-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:5
Grey's Anatomy
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Release Date:2005-03-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:10385
Their Eyes Were Watching God
A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.
Release Date:2005-03-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:32
L.A. Dragnet
Within L.A. incredibly diverse landscape, two dedicated cops are relentless when it comes to solving crime. Detective Joe Friday is a seasoned veteran who has seen it all. Through his voiceovers, viewers will gain insight into the crime investigation process, as well as hear the honest thoughts of a 21st century cop. Although a veteran of the beat, Friday still has the same passion and energy as his young partner, Frank Smith, who has recently been promoted to the robbery/homicide division from vice.
Release Date:2003-02-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:10
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Release Date:2001-09-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:346
Prison Song
Elijah 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, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.
Release Date:2001-04-27
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:13
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Release Date:1999-09-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3882
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Release Date:1997-07-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:753
Nowhere Fast
The lives of 19 rather disagreeable people momentarily converge in a Brooklyn heat wave one Friday afternoon in director Cinque Lee's (Spike Lee's brother) collection of urban character studies.
Release Date:1996-02-01
Character:Darnell
Vote Count:1
I Like It Like That
After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her gender-confused sibling, her critical mother-in-law and assorted neighborhood eccentrics.
Release Date:1994-10-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:19
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Release Date:1994-09-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:839
Homicide: Life on the Street
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Release Date:1993-01-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:130
Suspect
A young white woman leaving a nightclub alone drops her cigarette lighter on the street. When a young black man follows her and attempts to return it, she panics and assumes he is attacking her. The ensuing chase threatens to erupt into violence.
Release Date:1991-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Release Date:1990-09-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:600
Do the Right Thing
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Release Date:1989-06-14
Department:Camera
Job:Second Assistant Camera
Vote Count:1795
Little brother
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Deadly Obsession
A psycho college janitor threatens to start killing female students if he isn't given a million dollars.
Release Date:1989-03-20
Character:Denise
Vote Count:2