Gregori J. Martin is a 2x Emmy® Award-winning director, 5x Emmy® Award-winning producer, 5x Emmy®-nominated writer, and the founder, CEO, and chairman of the independent film and television production company LANY Entertainment. Best known as the creator, director, and show-runner of his 23x Emmy® Award-winning and 64x Emmy®-nominated multi-camera drama series The Bay seen on several streaming channels such as Tubi, Peacock, Amazon Prime, Popstar! TV, TenPlay Australia and more, Martin has also been Emmy®-nominated for his work on the POP-TV situation family comedy This Just In where he served as a director, writer, and co-executive producer for two seasons.
Serving as a Co-Executive Producer on the feature animation Saurus City starring Emma Roberts, Ron Perlman, Dennis Quaid, Tim Meadows and more, some of Martin's additional credits include, the director, writer and producer of the upcoming film noir feature motion picture The Raven, a re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and Annabel Lee, starring the late and legendary Tony Todd in one of his final performances, and as part of the producing team on the upcoming psychological war drama The Plastic Men a feature motion picture, inspired by true events of a Vietnam war veteran who struggles through PTSD and experiences a chance encounter with a tragic love. Narrated by renowned actor, William Fichtner. In addition to these films, Martin is also a producer on one of Tubi's most successful independent action films, Breakout starring an all-star cast of well-recognized faces.
As an Associate Head-Writer, he recently helped launch the highly anticipated CBS Daytime Drama, in association with Proctor & Gamble and the NAACP, Beyond The Gates premiering on CBS and Paramount+.
In 2023 and 2024 Gregori J. Martin's The Bay made Daytime Emmy history becoming the first independent series ever to be nominated for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series. Martin has written, produced, and directed over 100 episodes of the series and is in development on their tenth season.
Martin is a Puerto Rican film-maker from New York and proud father of two. He has written, directed and produced over a dozen distributed feature motion pictures and television programs released in several territories around the globe.
The Raven(2026)
The Bay(2010)
The Magic(2021)
yA(2020)
The Bay: Covid 19 Special Fundraiser American Red Cross(2020)
Beyond the Gates(2025)
Breakout(2023)as Ross
A Place Called Hollywood(2019)as Director
The Intruders(2017)as Bartender
A Mini Movie(2016)as Love
The Southside(2015)as Detective Velez
Bring the Law(2026)
Speed Train(2025)
The Workout(2025)
Skeletons in the Desert(2008)
Manhattanites(2008)
Amber Sunrise(2006)
Chandler Hall(2005)
That Yin Yang Thing(2005)
Intervention(2004)
Another World(1964)
Lights Out(2010)
93rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade(2025)as Self
92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade(2024)as Self - 'The Bay'
Good Day Live with Michelle and Kyle(2022)as Self
On Air with Ka$h(2021)as Self
Geeking Out with Al and Candace(2021)as Self
