Cybel Martin is an award winning Director of Photography for feature films, commercials, documentaries and television programs. She’s a Native New Yorker with a voracious appetite for travel.
Recent projects have brought her to Tanzania, Ethiopia, Turkey and Brazil.Her films have premiered at Sundance, TriBeCa, Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals. She’s shot commercials for Timberland Apparel, Reebok, Sony and L’Oreal; tv programs for ESPN, Netflix, NatGeo and Centric/BET. She’s been featured in Fader Magazine, American Cinematographer Magazine and most recently in Fast Company for her work shooting Virtual Reality. Cybel received her MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of the International Cinematographers Guild.
Inspired to share her knowledge and career experiences, Cybel has participated in several film panels and lecture series. Her favorites include guest lecturer at the Psychiatry Department at Columbia University, Cinematography instructor for the Film Academy in Nigeria, Documentary Storytelling workshop in Belize, and contributor to blogs: Shadow and Act, Indiewire and No Film School.
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Commercials:
G-TECHNOLOGY & REEBOK “Crossfit Virtual Reality” – Director : Lexi Alexander, Producer: Lucas Wilson
MARCHESA “Marchesa Eternal Collection 2015” – Director/Producer : Kirsten Magwood / POP Media
NYU STERN LANGONE – Director: Marc Parees/Popular Minority, Producer: Mollye Asher
OPTIMUM HAIR CARE (BTS) – Director : Ludovic Moulin /Publicis NY, Producer: Cybel Martin
BIOLAGE “Oh No You Didn’t” – Director: Ludovic Moulin/Publicis NY, Producer: Lavanya Radhakrishnan/Artifex
BIOLAGE “Table for 2 +1” – Director: Ludovic Moulin/Publicis NY, Producer: Lavanya Radhakrishnan/Artifex
TIMBERLAND “Get Out and Be You” – Director: Oli Cassidy/ Leagas Delaney UK , Producer: Lavanya Radhakrishnan/Artifex
TIMBERLAND “Meet the Models” – Director: Oli Cassidy/ Leagas Delaney UK , Producer: Lavanya Radhakrishnan/Artifex
Feature Films/Narrative:
TITLE VII – Director: Nicole Franklin; Producer: Lisa Durden, Emelyn Stuart
QUEEN OF GLORY – Director: Nana Mensah; Producer Jamund Washington, Anya Migdal
NO VAGRANCY – Director: Ernest Leif Boyd; Producer: John Reefer
THE CALL CENTER – Director: Rumana Huq, Producer: Rumana Huq, Irin Evers
Asian American Int’l Film Festival, New York Television Festival, Vancouver Asian Film Festival
THIS BITTER EARTH (Camera Op) – Director: David Lee Rawlings, Producer: Fatima Halim
Starring Nichelle Nichols, Billy Dee Williams
ORANGE BOW – Director: Dee Rees, Producer: Nekisa Cooper
Tribeca Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, New York African Diaspora Festival
ON THE OUTS (Add’l Photography) – Director/Producers: Michael Skolnik, Lori Silverbush
Winner: Slamdance Grand Jury & Audience Award for Best Feature, Berlin Film Festival
SANGAM – Director: Prashant Bhargava, Producer: Kerri-Ann McCalla, Lisa Cortes
Sundance Festival, S. F. Asian American Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival,2005 Mention Du Jury International Clermont Ferrand Film Festival
FLORA’S GARMENT BURSTING INTO BLOOM – Director: Kevin Baggott, Prod: Sarah Pirozek
Winner: Showtime No Limits Award at the New Festival
NO PROBLEMA – Director: Rich Williams, Producer: Rich Williams
THE DREGS OF SOCIETY – Director: Rich Williams, Producer: Adam Kirdon, Rich Williams
New York Underground Film Festival
Documentary / Television:
ABC: FOR THE PEOPLE (Camera Operator) – Shondaland Production
SEESO: NIGHT TRAIN WITH WYATT CENAC (Camera Operator) – Director: Wyatt Cenac
NETFLIX: SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT (Camera Operator) – Director: Spike Lee
NETFLIX: RODNEY KING (Camera Operator) – Director : Spike Lee, Producer: Spike Lee, Bob Johnson, Steve Adams
UNTITLED TAYLOR MAC DOCUMENTARY – Director: Ellen Kuras
CENTRIC/BET: Several productions include “Soul Train Cruise” “Sunrise to Sunset : Jamaica” “Iconica” “Black Girls Rock Red Carpet”
NETFLIX: I AM BRENT MORIN (Camera Operator) – Director: Lance Bangs, Producer: Brittney Segal
ALL EYES AND EARS (Add’l Photo) – Director / Producer: Vanessa Hope, Producer: Ted Hope
MADCAP: NEW YORK – Director: Deborah Goodwin; Producer: Erin Washington
A hybrid-docu-dialogue with music.
ESPN: WINNER’S CIRCLE – Director: Lana Garland, Producer: Diane Houslin
New series focusing on famous women who were competitive athletes in their youth.
Segments on Gabrielle Union, Senator Gillibrand (NY), Erin Burnett (CNN) and Dr Jenny Thompson
THE CRASH REEL (Add’l Photo) – Director: Lucy Walker, Producer: Julian Cautherley
Focuses on snowboarding legend, Kevin Pearce, who suffered a severe brain injury. Premiered at Sundance 2013
NAT GEO: INSIDE THE NEW BLACK PANTHERS – Dir: Marco Williams, Prod: Kathy Martin
The New Black Panther party is fashioning itself as more of a hate-group than its proactive predecessor
ELEVEN DAYS – Director: Dan Metcalfe, Producers: Mark Burnett, Lemore Syvan, Dana Lynn Tomsic
Filmed in the UK. America’s #1 youth soccer team travel to England to compete against the real deal
PUNTA SOUL – Director: Nyasha Laing, Producer Nyasha Laing/Global Parrish
Filmed in Belize. Chronicles the evolution of popular Garifuna music.
NIKE VIP EVENT WITH SERENA WILLIAMS – Director/Producer: Venessa Montenegro
LOCKDOWN USA (Add’l Photo) – Director: Michael Skolnik, Prod: Rebecca Chaikin
Tribeca Film Festival
LIVE FROM THE HOOK – Director: Joe Grafuller; Producer: Andy Herz
Local rock and blues legends of Charlottesville, VA music scene
DRESSED LIKE KINGS – Director: Stacey L. Holman, Exec. Producer: Sam Pollard
Winner of the “Tribeca All Access” Award at the Tribeca Film Festival
Filmed in South Africa.
EDUCATION: New York University, Tisch School. MFA in Cinematography
University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School of Communication. BAS