Marty Thomas is the director of feature films & other post-Freudian media. Marty's directed popular national commercials, original series promos for NBC/Universal's E! Entertainment and TV Spots for Amnesty International filmed in Rome. He directed numerous top ten MTV music videos during the 90's and still directs them when time/budgets allow. Among the myriad of recording artists in many genre's Marty has directed, some of his favorites are Xzibit, Chris Rock, Tupac Shakur, Erika Jayne, Eazy-E, MC Ren, Ice Cube and Skee-Lo. With these artists Marty has received nominations and wins from VMA Awards, the American Grammy Awards, the Billboard Music Video Awards and others. He was honored in 2017 by The Daily Telegraph for "artistic and innovative contributions to the mediums of film and music videos". In 2017, Marty received a Congressional Citation from the United States Congress in recognition of the charitable directing work he has done for Amnesty International. He co-owns award-winning production company Ridiculous Pictures Studio, LLC.
Won the Kodak Teenage Movie Awards when he was 11 years old for his film, "ETC".
Attended Brooks Institute of Photography in Montecito, California, BA degree.
Graduate of San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara, CA. The senior class voted him "Most Likely To Be A Comedian".
