Martin is one of Australia’s most experienced Directors of Photography with numerous feature films and television series to his credit.

His first feature, PROOF (Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse) won the AFI award for best film, repeating that success again three years later with the release of the iconic MURIEL’S WEDDING (Directed by PJ Hogan), one of Australia’s most beloved movies. Many AFI/AACTA and ACS awards and nominations have followed in their wake: CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION, ON THE BEACH, THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING, BLACKROCK, THE BROKEN SHORE, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, OPERATION BUFFALO. His most recent film, FIVE BLIND DATES, Australia’s first Amazon original film was released in 2024. Martin also shot Rachel Griffiths’ feature debut RIDE LIKE A GIRL which was Australia’s highest grossing locally produced film of 2019. RIDE LIKE A GIRL was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Film, as well as an Australian Writers’ Guild award for Best Feature Film in 2019.

In the television space, Martin’s most recent credits include the second season of TEN POUND POMS (Eleven/Stan), the second season of THE TWELVE (Easy Tiger/Binge), BAY OF FIRES (Archipelago Productions/ABC), all three seasons of YOUNG ROCK (NBC/Fierce Baby Productions’) which was nominated for Best Comedy Series at the Hollywood Critic’s Awards in 2021. Martin shot the 2022 series TROPPO (EQ/Beyond/ABC), based on the bestselling Candice Fox novel Crimson Lake.  Martin also shot WAKEFIELD (Jungle/ABC) along with BANISHED for BBC2 and DIFFICULT PEOPLE for Hulu. His documentary credits include REVELATION and BLIND AMBITION. For further reading and links to his materials, please see his website www.martinmcgrathacs.com