Christian Martin (television executive)
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Christian Martin is a Vice President of Broadband Strategy and Development at A+E Networks.
He is married to Elizabeth Catherine Cole, the Executive Producer of Dateline NBC.
in 1967. His mother, Nancy Fales Garrett is a playwright and school teacher. His father, Jared Martin
, is an actor, photographer and past creative director of the Big Picture Alliance. His paternal grandfather was Charles E. Martin, the New Yorker Magazine cartoonist and cover artist. His maternal grandfather is the attorney Haliburton Fales II, former President of The Morgan Library
in New York.
where he received a BA in 1989 and then to New York University
where he received an MA in 1993.
video extras including the Tim Gunn's Workroom and the Project Runway Buzz Room an aggregation of all the internet chatter around Project Runway.
He worked for NBC News
, mostly for Dateline NBC
, from 1993 till 2006. He has also covered the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 Olympics for NBC Sports
— he won Sports Emmys for his coverage of the 2000, 2002 and 2004 Olympics.
From 2003 to 2006 he was primarily Ann Curry
's producer for NBC. Together they covered earthquake
s in Pakistan
, the Tsunami
in Sri Lanka
, interviewed First Lady Laura Bush
, Brad Pitt
and Angelina Jolie
, and the American hostage Thomas Hamill.
In August, 2006 he moved to iVillage.com
where he was Vice-President and the Executive Producer of Content, Programming and Integration. He held that post through May 2008.
He was featured in "Covering Catastrophy: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11." Martin covering the event for NBC News bought a camera from a tourist on the street and recorded the collapse of the south tower while standing near its base . He was thrown by the blast, briefly losing consciousness and then made it uptown to the Today Show studios where he appeared with Tom Brokaw
, Matt Lauer
and Katie Couric
. He also appeared on Dateline NBC. The video tape he shot appeared frequently in the weeks and months after the collapse. Oliver Stone
licensed a snippet of that footage for his 2006 movie, World Trade Center
, starring Nick Cage
.
Martin was a panelist at New York University's The Journalism of 9-11-A Decade Later.
Martin was an eyewitness to Flight 1549 - the US Air plane the landed in the Hudson River
. He appeared on the NBC Nightly News
and Dateline that evening.
He is married to Elizabeth Catherine Cole, the Executive Producer of Dateline NBC.
Early life
Christian was born in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 1967. His mother, Nancy Fales Garrett is a playwright and school teacher. His father, Jared Martin
Jared Martin
Jared Martin is an American film and television actor.-Acting career:Born in Queens, New York to Charles E. Martin a cover artist for The New Yorker, and his wife, Florence, Jared Martin began acting at the age of ten, when his parents gave him the choice of either learning to play the piano, or...
, is an actor, photographer and past creative director of the Big Picture Alliance. His paternal grandfather was Charles E. Martin, the New Yorker Magazine cartoonist and cover artist. His maternal grandfather is the attorney Haliburton Fales II, former President of The Morgan Library
Morgan Library
The Morgan Library & Museum is a museum and research library in New York City, USA. It was founded to house the private library of J. P. Morgan in 1906, which included, besides the manuscripts and printed books, some of them in rare bindings, his collection of prints and drawings...
in New York.
Education
He attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York. He went to college at University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
where he received a BA in 1989 and then to New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
where he received an MA in 1993.
Career
Martin has held the post of Vice President Broadband Strategy and Development for A+E Networks also known as Lifetime Networks since June 2008. At A+E, Christian is responsible for all Broadband, loosely described as video, where he and his team created all of the Project RunwayProject Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
video extras including the Tim Gunn's Workroom and the Project Runway Buzz Room an aggregation of all the internet chatter around Project Runway.
He worked for NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
, mostly for Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It previously was NBC's flagship news magazine, but now focuses on true crime stories. It airs Friday at 9 p.m. EST and after football season on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.-History:Dateline is historically notable for...
, from 1993 till 2006. He has also covered the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 Olympics for NBC Sports
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network. Formerly "a service of NBC News," it broadcasts a diverse array of programs, including the Olympic Games, the NFL, the NHL, MLS, Notre Dame football, the PGA Tour, the Triple Crown, and the French Open, among others...
— he won Sports Emmys for his coverage of the 2000, 2002 and 2004 Olympics.
From 2003 to 2006 he was primarily Ann Curry
Ann Curry
Ann Curry is an American television news journalist and co-anchor on NBC's morning television program Today. She is the former news anchor on Today, a role she began in March 1997, and was the host of Dateline NBC from 2005-2011.Curry is a Board Member at the IWMF .-Biography:Curry was born in...
's producer for NBC. Together they covered earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
s in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, the Tsunami
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, interviewed First Lady Laura Bush
Laura Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. She was the First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009. She has held a love of books and reading since childhood and her life and education have reflected that interest...
, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
and Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
, and the American hostage Thomas Hamill.
In August, 2006 he moved to iVillage.com
IVillage
iVillage, Inc. is a media company that is owned by NBCUniversal. The site focuses on categories targeted at women, including Food, Health, Entertainment, Family, Beauty & Style. Additional businesses and brand extensions within iVillage Networks include iVillage UK, NBC Digital Health Network,...
where he was Vice-President and the Executive Producer of Content, Programming and Integration. He held that post through May 2008.
He was featured in "Covering Catastrophy: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11." Martin covering the event for NBC News bought a camera from a tourist on the street and recorded the collapse of the south tower while standing near its base . He was thrown by the blast, briefly losing consciousness and then made it uptown to the Today Show studios where he appeared with Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw
Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors...
, Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer
Matthew Todd "Matt" Lauer . is an American television journalist best known as the host of NBC's The Today Show since 1997. He was previously a news anchor in New York and a local talk-show host in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Richmond...
and Katie Couric
Katie Couric
Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric is an American journalist and author. She serves as Special Correspondent for ABC News, contributing to ABC World News, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, This Week and primetime news specials...
. He also appeared on Dateline NBC. The video tape he shot appeared frequently in the weeks and months after the collapse. Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
licensed a snippet of that footage for his 2006 movie, World Trade Center
World Trade Center (film)
World Trade Center is a 2006 American disaster-drama film directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center. It stars Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. The film was shot from October 19, 2005 - February 10, 2006...
, starring Nick Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage is an American actor, producer and director, having appeared in over 60 films including Raising Arizona , The Rock , Face/Off , Gone in 60 Seconds , Adaptation , National Treasure , Ghost Rider , Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , and...
.
Martin was a panelist at New York University's The Journalism of 9-11-A Decade Later.
Martin was an eyewitness to Flight 1549 - the US Air plane the landed in the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
. He appeared on the NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...
and Dateline that evening.
Awards
- 2000 & 2002 & 2004 Sports Emmy
- 2004 Genesis AwardGenesis AwardsThe Genesis Awards are awarded annually to individuals in the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works which raise public awareness of animal issues. Presented by The Humane Society of the United States, the awards show takes place every March in California...
- 2001 Sigma Delta Chi AwardSigma Delta Chi AwardThe Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in journalism.- History :The Awards, according to the SPJ, did not begin in 1932 when the society chose six individuals for their contributions to journalism. In 1939 the awards program began...
- 2001 Edward R. Murrow AwardEdward R. Murrow AwardThe Edward R. Murrow Awards are presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association in recognition of what the Association terms "outstanding achievements in electronic journalism."-Judging:...
- 1999 Clarion Award
- 1998 CINECINECINE is a consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience. CINE recognizes and fosters the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual film competitions....
- 1997 First Place International Television – Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
- 1996 – Gold Medal Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
- 1993 Sid Gross Investigative Journalism Award (NYU)
- nine News Emmy nominations 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1994