Martin Desmond Roe is an Academy Award winning director of the live action short film, Two Distant Strangers. He also wrote the Oscar-Nominated Short, Buzkashi Boys, Executive Produced The Emmy Award-winning Tom vs Time, and directed the Cannes Gold Lions winner BREAKING2. Martin is the founder and creative head of the production company Dirty Robber, which specializes in elevated documentaries, he has directed and produced multiple series and films including Showtime's Kobe Bryant's Muse, as well as a multitude of Nike campaigns.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Bristol, England, UK
- Director, producer, editor and cinematographer
- 13 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Known for
What are Martin Desmond Roe's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 3 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 7 · Intense 2
Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Martin Desmond Roe's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Martin Desmond Roe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
The Smell of Money(2022)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
BS High(2023)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Heist(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Two Distant Strangers(2020)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
We Are the Champions(2020)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Running Naked(2020)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Shut Up and Dribble(2018)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Breaking2(2017)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Kobe Bryant's Muse(2015)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Buzkashi Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Crew 2 Crew(2012)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Playing House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Catblock (The Ultimate Co%kblock) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Razorblade Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 2010 to 2024.
Biggest box office
2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2021)
Highest rated
Kobe Bryant's Muse (2015)
Most popular right now
Shut Up and Dribble (2018)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Won an Oscar in 2021, Best Live Action Short Film.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Martin Desmond Roe's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 58/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Martin Desmond Roe work with?
People who share at least 2 of Martin Desmond Roe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chris Uettwiller shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Travon FreeShared titles: BS High (2023), The Smell of Money (2022), 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2021), Two Distant Strangers (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Travon Free
- Derek DoneenShared titles: Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024), BS High (2023), Heist (2021), Kobe Bryant's Muse (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Derek Doneen
- Nick FrewShared titles: Heist (2021), Two Distant Strangers (2020), We Are the Champions (2020), Breaking2 (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Nick Frew
- Gotham ChopraShared titles: Shut Up and Dribble (2018), Kobe Bryant's Muse (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Gotham Chopra
Writers
- Victor BuhlerShared titles: Running Naked (2020), Shut Up and Dribble (2018), Breaking2 (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Victor Buhler
Cinematographers and editors
- Jessica YoungShared titles: Two Distant Strangers (2020), We Are the Champions (2020), Shut Up and Dribble (2018), Breaking2 (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Jessica Young
- Sean HorvathShared titles: BS High (2023), Heist (2021), We Are the Champions (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Sean Horvath
- Alex OdesmithShared titles: Heist (2021), Two Distant Strangers (2020), We Are the Champions (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Odesmith
- Kevin BarthShared titles: Heist (2021), Shut Up and Dribble (2018), Breaking2 (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin Barth
Producers
- Chris UettwillerShared titles: Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024), Heist (2021), Running Naked (2020), Two Distant Strangers (2020), We Are the Champions (2020), Shut Up and Dribble (2018), Breaking2 (2017)See all 7 shared titles with Chris Uettwiller
- Andrew SachsShared titles: Heist (2021), Two Distant Strangers (2020), We Are the Champions (2020), Shut Up and Dribble (2018), Breaking2 (2017)See all 5 shared titles with Andrew Sachs
- Jamie D. BakerShared titles: Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024), BS High (2023), Breaking2 (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Jamie D. Baker
- Jacob MoslerShared titles: Heist (2021), We Are the Champions (2020), Shut Up and Dribble (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Jacob Mosler
Mixed roles
- Karl StiegShared titles: Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024), Kobe Bryant's Muse (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Karl Stieg