Talent Guide
Cindy Martin
- Discipline:Producer
- Program Year:CNN Docuseries Intensive 2022
Bio
Cindy Martin is an award-winning Filipina-American Documentary Filmmaker from Chicago committed to enhancing voices from underrepresented communities, with a focus on BIPOC and women’s stories. In 2022, she was named a Diverse Voices in Docs Fellow at Kartemquin. Cindy received a Bachelor’s in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Illinois. Before docs, she lived and worked in London and LA as a Producer/Reporter/Cameraperson for over 20 years for video news outlets: Reuters, AP, Getty, ABC, and Sky. She is a member of the Sundance Institute, A-Doc, AAJA, IFA, Mezcla, and Doc Chicago.
Current Project
EJ Lee: All-AmericanLogline
EJ Lee, a 60-year-old Louisiana legend and former All-American once called by Sports Illustrated as the “Korean Magic Johnson of NCAA women’s basketball,” has been overlooked her entire coaching career; but she still hopes for her life-long dream of becoming a college head coach. However, EJ must first transform a small private high school girl’s team that just recently learned how to dribble a basketball.