MARTIN X. BELL

writer · director · producer · animator · visualisation supervisor · vfx art director

Film Credits (imdb)

  • Dead Man's Hill (2026) | Director, writer

  • Giblets (2025) | Director, writer

  • Deadpool & Wolverine | VFX Art Director

  • Prazinburk Ridge (Short) | Director, writer, animator

  • Batgirl | Previs & postvis supervisor

  • Something in the Water | Previs supervisor

  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Lead previs artist

  • The Little Mermaid | Previs co-supervisor

  • The Princess | Previs supervisor

  • Blackseam (Short) | Director, writer, animator

  • The Wheel of Time (TV Series) | Previs supervisor

  • The Blacklist (TV Series) | Previs sequence lead

  • No Time To Die | Previs sequence lead, postvis artist

  • Cinderella | Previs supervisor

  • Dolittle | Previs sequence lead

  • 1917 | Postvis supervisor

  • Dora and The Lost City of Gold | Postvis supervisor

  • Battle at Big Rock (Short) | Previs animator

  • Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw | Lead previs artist

  • Aladdin | Postvis supervisor

  • Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Postvis supervisor

  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Previs/postvis sequence lead

  • Inaction (Short) | Director, animator

  • Sex Tape | Postvis artist

Origin Story

Martin is an award-winning writer/director and animator. His short animated film PRAZINBURK RIDGE, created in Unreal Engine, has won multiple awards on the film festival circuit in 2022-23.

As a film visualisation supervisor, Martin has worked with directors to imagine and plan huge action sequences for tentpole franchise features. His 20+ blockbuster credits includes JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, FAST & FURIOUS: HOBBS & SHAW, NO TIME TO DIE, THE LITTLE MERMAID, 1917, and THE WHEEL OF TIME.  Most recently, he was VFX Art Director on Marvel’s DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE.

In 2022 he was selected to be a part of the inaugural Future of Film Incubator, and accepted into BAFTA Connect. In 2023 he was twice an Unreal Engine Fellowship Mentor and joined the combined ranks of Dimension Studios and DNEG 360 as its first realtime Visualisation Supervisor.

He is currently in development on his debut features as a writer/director — GIBLETS, expected to shoot in early 2025; and DEAD MAN’S HILL, expected 2026.

Skills

  • screenwriting and narrative structure

  • artistic and creative direction

  • visual and sequential storytelling

  • camera, character and creature animation

  • virtual production and cinematography

  • shot creation and composition

  • film and sequence editing

Awards

  • Prazinburk Ridge ( Short Film) - more info

    • Best Animation - Wigan & Leigh Film Festival 2022

    • Best Animated Film - Dispatches of War 2022

    • Best Patriotic Educational Film - Dispatches of War 2022

    • Best Animated Film - Barnes Film Festival 2023

    • Best Animated Film - Wimbledon Short Film Fest 2023

  • Dead Man’s Hill (TV Pilot script)

    • Reader Recommended, The Black List (2x 8/10 scores)

    • Semi-Finalist, Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest 2021

    • Semi-Finalist, Filmarket Hub TV Pilot Contest 2022

  • Like Gold Dust (Feature Film script)

    • Top 4% of projects on Coverfly

    • Finalist, SoCal Screenplay Competition 2019

    • Semi-Finalist, ScreenCraft Drama Competition 2019