Over the last twenty-five years, Byron Martin has had the opportunity to work in radio, television and film in various capacities as a writer, producer, unit production manager, unit manager and location manager. His extensive list of credits include features American Pie V +IV, The Chronicles of Riddick, Driven, X-MEN, Simon Birch, In Too Deep, The Mighty, Darkman II and III and The Ref as well as numerous television productions including Total Recall 2070, Robocop: the Series, Street Legal and Top Cops.In addition to his work as location manager, Byron has worked as a unit manager on such productions as Get Over It, Prancer Returns, Boulevard and Iron Eagle IV.Byron Martin has produced almost thirty hours of national television, including the award-winning SIDS: A Special Report, television specials, The Great Run of China, No Time to Wave: The Life and Times of Ben Wicks and the television series Hit the Spot. He has twice received the coveted Norman Jewison Filmmaker Award and has had many of his short films screened at festivals around the world. Evil Underground, his Ryerson graduate film was awarded the CBC Telefest Award in 1989, screened at the B-Film Festival in Toronto in 1989, 1990, aired on CKVR Television an was in festivals in Spain, Montreal and Houston. Ryerson sent the film to compete in the student competition in the 1989 Academy Awards.From 1995 to 2001, Byron was the DGC Ontario District Council Location Manager Caucus Representative, and has served the DGC membership on the National Executive Board since 1997 as Location Managers Representative. In 2001-2002, Byron served as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Ontario District Council. Since 1995, Byron has served on the Film Liaison Industry Committee (FLIC), an advisory committee that acts on City Council's policy regarding support and encouragement for the film and television industry in Toronto. Currently, Byron serves on the DGC Ontario Executive Board as the 2nd Vice Chair, a position he has held since 2006.In 2001, Byron production managed two pilots for Columbia TriStar Television, Odyssey 5 and Street Time, both of which have gone to series. Also in 2001, he produced the Directors' Guild of Canada 40th Anniversary film, The Directors Guild of Canada: 40 Years of Making Movies which was shot in high definition television across the country from coast to coast, celebrating members in all categories. The film debuted in Toronto in October 2001 at the first annual DGC Awards ceremony.After two years of the Showtime series Street Time, Byron managed a television pilot for Universal Television entitled Partners & Crime.In 2004, he production managed the re-shoot/pick-ups for the Universal feature The Chronicles of Riddick in Toronto. In May of the same year, he was engaged by Beck Office of Germany to produce and direct the Adidas: Impossible Is Nothing campaign for both the Canadian and U.S. winners.In August 2004, Byron production managed Land of the Dead for Universal Pictures, the fourth installment of George A. Romero's zombie series. The picture was released in June 2005 to much critical acclaim.In 2006, Byron worked as the Line Producer on American Pie Presents The Naked Mile, the fifth installment in Universal's American Pie franchise. The picture was released in December 2006.Currently, Byron is in post-production on Universal's American Pie Presents Beta House.
