About
Cybel Martin is an award winning Director of Photography for feature films, commercials and television programs.
Currently, Martin just finished shooting BEACON 23 for MGM+. Cybel’s other Cinematography credits include KINDRED for FX, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN for Amazon, AMERICAN HORROR STORIES for FX on Hulu, “Black as Night” a vampire film for Blumhouse that premiered on Amazon Prime, ABC’s THE ROOKIE and CBS’s ALL RISE.
She’s included in Variety’s “10 Cinematographers to Watch 2020” and American Cinematographer Magazine’s “Rising Stars of Cinematography, 2020”
Her films have premiered at Sundance, TriBeCa, Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals. She’s shot commercials for Timberland Apparel, Reebok, Sony and L’Oreal.. Cybel received her MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of the International Cinematographers Guild.
Résumé
TELEVISION
beacon 23 (Season 2) | MGM+
Director of Photography (Episodes 202, 204, 207)
Prod: Glen Mazzara
Kindred (Season 1) | FX
Director of Photography (Episodes 101, 102, 103, 106, 107)
Prod: Branden Jacobs Jenkins
rapsh!t (Season 1) | hbomax
Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Prod: Syreeta Singleton, Issa Rae
A league of their own (Season 1) | Amazon
Director of Photography (Episodes 104, 106, 108)
Prod: Will Graham, Abbi Jacobson
American horror stories (Season 1) | fx on hulu
Director of Photography (Odd Episodes)
Prod: Ryan Murphy
THE ROOKIE (Season 3) | ABC
Director of Photography (Even Episodes)
Prod: Mark Gordon, Alexi Hawley
ALL RISE (Season 1) | CBS
Director of Photography (Odd Episodes)
Prod: Greg Spottiswood, Michael Robin
THE ROOKIE (Season 1) | ABC
Director of Photography (Double up/2nd Unit)
Prod: Mark Gordon, Alexi Hawley
FOR THE PEOPLE (Pilot, Season 1) | ABC
B CamOp
Prod: Paul William Davies
NIGHT TRAIN WITH WYATT CENAC (Season 2) SEESO
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Dir: Wyatt Cenac | Prod: Whitney Berry
SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT (Season 1) NETFLIX
Add’l A CamOp
Dir: Spike Lee | Prod: Spike Lee
RODNEY KING (TV Special) NETFLIX
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Dir: Spike Lee | Prod: Spike Lee, Joseph Aliberti
I AM BRENT MORIN (TV Special) NETFLIX
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Dir: Lance Bangs | Prod: Brittney Segal
FEATURES
Black as night
Director of Photography
Dir: Maritte Lee Go | Prod: Jason Blum, Lisa Bruce, Guy Stodel
QUEEN OF GLORY
Director of Photography
*Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival 2021, Best First Feature, Spirit Awards 2021
Dir: Nana Mensah | Prod: Jamund Washington, Anya Migdal
ORANGE BOW
Director of Photography
*Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival 2005
Dir: Dee Rees | Prod: Nekisa Cooper
SANGAM
Director of Photography
*Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2004
Dir: Prashant Bhargava | Prod: Kerri-Ann McCalla, Lisa Cortes
MISS VIRGINIA
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Dir: Daniel Hanna | Prod: Stacey Parks, M. Elizabeth Hughes
TITLE VII
Director of Photography
Dir: Nicole Franklin | Prod: Lisa Durden, Emelyn Stuart
THIS BITTER EARTH
CamOp: add’l photog
Dir: David Lee Rawling | Prod: Fatima Halim
FLORA’S GARMENT BURSTING INTO BLOOM
Director of Photography
Dir: Kevin Baggott | Prod: Sarah Pirozek