Evelyn Angelica Martinez (she/her) is a queer first-gen Mexican-American producer based out of Los Angeles. Her narrative focus is on heartfelt stories that intertwine with the surreal and fantastical featuring LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.
She is a 2021 Film Independent Project Involve Producing Fellow, a 2022 Hola Mexico’s Tomorrow's Filmmakers Today Fellow, and a 2022 Women In Film Mentee (Producing Track).
Most recently, she was named a finalist for the SFFILM Rainin Grant, and a 2022 NALIP Latino Media Market fellow for their feature "Joyride" (Dir. Edwin Alexis Gómez). She has received support for their upcoming short “A Hurt Like Mine” (Dir. Kahea Kiwaha) from the 2023 Pacific Islanders Communication Shorts Fund and the 2023 Latino Public Broadcasting Digital Fund Grant for their upcoming short "Flower of Anger" (Dir. Edwin Alexis Gómez).
Evelyn has produced a short film under the 2021 Netflix/LALIFF Inclusion Fellowship "PERIOD", two shorts for the 2021 Project Involve program "Calabaza" and the stop-motion film short "7lbs8oz", and the short "Joyride" for the Latino Public Broadcasting Digital Media fund, which premiered on PBS. She has also produced content for clients such as Apple, Interscope, Warner Records, and TikTok. Prior to producing, she was part of the team at Lawrence Bender Productions (KILL BILL, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS), Quebrada Entertainment, and NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers).
hi.evelynmartinez@gmail.com
Instagram: @evelyn.mov
UPCOMING SHORTS
UPCOMING FEATURES:
Joyride
Joyride is an intergenerational coming of age dramedy feature with an all Latina cast that breaks your corazón and sews it back together.
Stage: Development
LABS & PROGRAMS
2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant Finalist
2021 CINE QUA NON LAB - Script Revision Lab
2021 Sundance Screenwriting Lab - 2nd Round Finalist
2021 Sundance Creative Producing Lab - 2nd Round Finalist
2020 VONA Screenwriting for TV & Film Fellowship