Geoff Martz is an American producer and executive producer whose work spans documentary features, limited series, and nonfiction television. He spent a long career at ABC News before leaving in 2018 to co-found the production company One Story Up with director Roger Ross Williams. His credits include the Netflix limited series The Innocence Files and the Peabody Award-winning High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, as well as the Netflix features Stamped from the Beginning and Civil. He executive produced The Super Models for Apple TV+ and The 1619 Project for Hulu, which won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. His other work includes the HBO films Between the World and Me and Master of Light, TLC Forever, The Battle for Laikipia, and How to Build a Library. He is a five-time Emmy Award winner.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Geoff Martz's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous3
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 Geoff Martz's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Geoff Martz'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
18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
How to Build a Library (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Battle for Laikipia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Super Models(2023)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The 1619 Project(2023)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
TLC Forever(2023)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Master of Light(2022)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Civil: Ben Crump(2022)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Between the World and Me(2020)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
One Story Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Innocence Files(2020)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
POV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Strange Arrivals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Empire of Ebony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 13 of them dated from 1988 to 2025.
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
a Primetime Emmy from 3 major nominations, 2023–2024.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
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 Geoff Martz's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed1
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 Geoff Martz work with?
People who share at least 2 of Geoff Martz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Roger Ross Williams shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Roger Ross WilliamsShared titles: Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023), Stamped from the Beginning (2023), The 1619 Project (2023), The Super Models (2023), TLC Forever (2023), Civil: Ben Crump (2022), Master of Light (2022), High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 9 shared titles with Roger Ross Williams
- Jonathan ClasberryShared titles: The 1619 Project (2023), High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Clasberry
- Kamilah ForbesShared titles: The 1619 Project (2023), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Kamilah Forbes
Writers
- David TeagueShared titles: Stamped from the Beginning (2023), The 1619 Project (2023), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 3 shared titles with David Teague
Cinematographers and editors
- Ephraim KirkwoodShared titles: The 1619 Project (2023), Master of Light (2022), High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Ephraim Kirkwood
- Enat SidiShared titles: Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023), Civil: Ben Crump (2022), Master of Light (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Enat Sidi
- Jerry HenryShared titles: The 1619 Project (2023), High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Jerry Henry
- John S. FisherShared titles: Stamped from the Beginning (2023), The Super Models (2023), High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021)See all 3 shared titles with John S. Fisher
Producers
- Kati DavenportShared titles: Stamped from the Beginning (2023), The 1619 Project (2023), The Super Models (2023), TLC Forever (2023), Master of Light (2022), High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021)See all 6 shared titles with Kati Davenport
- Lauren FultonShared titles: The 1619 Project (2023), TLC Forever (2023), High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Lauren Fulton
- Valencia WhaleyShared titles: Stamped from the Beginning (2023), The 1619 Project (2023), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Valencia Whaley
- Alisa PayneShared titles: Stamped from the Beginning (2023), Between the World and Me (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Alisa Payne
