Ethan Marten

Ethan Marten

Birth Name: Ethan Edward Marten
Actor/Producer/Activist Ethan Marten formed Light Age Films in 2010. The development and production company is in post production for two films: Eyes of the Roshi starring Eric Roberts (Runaway Train, Star 80, Pope of Greenwhich Village); and the documentary feature White Buffalo: An American Prophecy. White Buffalo, shot throughout the Americas, s... Show more »
Actor/Producer/Activist Ethan Marten formed Light Age Films in 2010. The development and production company is in post production for two films: Eyes of the Roshi starring Eric Roberts (Runaway Train, Star 80, Pope of Greenwhich Village); and the documentary feature White Buffalo: An American Prophecy. White Buffalo, shot throughout the Americas, seeks to locate the source of peace and harmony found in Native American Spirituality for the benefit of all humankind. In Development are two features: Lost April, a suspense-thriller; and The Perfect Breed - a Vampire Thriller set against historic backdrop of Medieval Europe and the American Civil War. Marten Produced and Executive Produced the sci-fi thriller Atlantis Down starring Michael Rooker (Days of Thunder, JFK, Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer) and "Atlantis Rising: The Making of Atlantis Down". Reality never looked as good as when Marten co-created, produced, and was 2nd unit director of "Tanners Point", a reality-based television series shot in Virginia. Marten hosted a panel discussion on marketing and motion pictures during the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival while bringing home three Best Of awards from the festival for Tanners; Best Reality Show, Best Ensemble, and Best Soundtrack. While Producer/Co-Founder of Star Circle Pictures Marten made "Samaritan," "Player's Joy," and "Revolver" with partners Richard Marten and Kimball Carr. Samaritan was credited by Panasonic as being the first motion picture completed with the AG HVX-200 using all digital technology. Star Circle edited on set and wrapped with a rough cut of the movie. Marten was Vice President of Marketing for Atlantic Film Studios - Virginia's first full-service motion picture studio. As Vice President of Atlantic Entertainment Inc., Marten was distributor of such films as "What Ever Happened To..?" starring Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave, "In The Deep Woods", starring Anthony Perkins, and "Our Sons", starring Hugh Grant, Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret. Artistic Director/Co-Founder Norfolk's award winning 2nd Story Theatre. Publisher/Co-Founder OnStage Magazine, Virginia-based arts and entertainment 1986-1993. As an Actor Marten has worked with Harry Dean Stanton, Frank Langella, Academy Award winners Jason Robards, Piper Laurie, Jose Ferrer and Whoopi Goldberg. He has also been featured as John Todd, Jr. in the PBS episode of Dolley Madison on The American Experience; John Taylor in First Landing for ABC Family; Irving Berlin in George Lucas's Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for ABC Television; and in the Hollywood Pictures film Eddie. His Stage credits span more than thirty years and have seen him in Festival Productions of Shakespeare's Tempest, Equity Productions of Hamlet, and New York's Emelin Theatre Productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream as Oberon and Bottom. Marten first started working behind the camera in 1988 with Craig and Mark Fincannon on Buzz Kulick's "Too Young the Hero." He has since worked in front of or behind the camera with Lucas Films, Hollywood Pictures, Discovery Channel, Family Channel, New Dominion Pictures, and NASA. Marten received Secret Service clearance, and was one of the youngest print journalists covering the Presidential Campaign of 1980 in Sacramento. Show less «
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