MX Bell

Martin was given the “X” moniker while working on DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE because Marvel ‘head honcho’ Mitch Bell already had the mbell@ email address, so Martin needed a different one. As he had no middle name, he was given the middle initial “X”. So he kept it. 

A director and screenwriter with a deep command of both story and spectacle, Martin brings a distinctly authorial perspective to creating his work. Before deciding to move toward writing and directing, Martin built an award-winning career as an animator and film visualisation supervisor, working in close creative partnership with leading directors to design and pre-visualise large-scale action sequences for such studio franchises as NEUROMANCER, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, HOBBS & SHAW, 1917, ALADDIN and THE LITTLE MERMAID, among others. 

Combined with his global reputation as the foremost expert in Unreal Engine for cinematic storytelling, Martin’s background allows him to integrate writing, performance, and technology into a cohesive artistic vision as evidenced by his recent award-winning short film PRAZINBURK RIDGE.

He is the founder of DEADSHOT/RICOCHET, an independent production company dedicated to inspired, innovative, and independent UK cinema.