Actor · Writer · Director

STEVEN
MARTINI

Stories about outsiders, families, second chances, and people attempting things they probably shouldn't.

Selected Work

On screen, behind the camera, and sometimes both.

Steven Martini in a scene from Major Payne
Feature film · Acting

Major Payne

As Cadet Alex Stone in the 1995 classic military comedy.

Lymelife theatrical poster
Writer · Producer · Composer

Lymelife

Based on my brother's and my childhood, Lymelife was developed through the Sundance Institute's Labs. Rory Culkin portrays a fictionalized version of my younger self, adding another personal connection to the film, as I grew up attending school with the Culkins. My brother and I shared the creative responsibilities in the tradition of the early Coen brothers, with him credited as director and me as producer. I also composed the original score.

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Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire theatrical poster
First screenplay · First independent film

Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire

My first screenplay and my first independent film. The film that started my journey as a writer and filmmaker.

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Writer & Director

Selected completed screenplays.

Captain Mercer

Feature screenplay · Completed

When a wounded war hero can't adjust to retirement, he builds a boot camp to regain control—only to be pulled into a crisis that forces him to confront the thin line between discipline and damage.

Wright Bros:
Fight for Flight

Feature screenplay · Completed

The story of two brothers whose determination to fly changed the world.

The Night Guard

Feature screenplay · Completed

A middle-aged vampire DJ with a teeth-grinding problem seeks a witch who can free him from his maker.

Vintage cast Polaroid from Major Payne
In front of the camera

Acting

From his role as Cadet Alex Stone in Major Payne to his work writing, producing, and composing for independent films including Lymelife, Steven Martini has built a career working on both sides of the camera.

The story

A life in stories.

Steven Martini is an actor, writer, and director whose work includes Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire, Lymelife, and BitterSweet. His stories often explore family, ambition, outsiders, and the strange things people do in pursuit of happiness.

Get in touch

Let's make
something.

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