About

Martín Romanella is an Argentine film and commercial director, screenwriter and novelist based in Madrid.

For more than thirty years he has directed advertising for brands such as Kit Kat, Corona, Lavazza, Peugeot, Fanta, Nissan, DoorDash and the Guggenheim, working with talent including Kate Moss and Gisele Bündchen. His work has been awarded at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards, D&AD, LIA and Ciclope.

He writes before he shoots. His films are built on story structure and character, and often mix dark humour with emotion, even in sixty seconds.

As a screenwriter, his projects have been selected for the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, Berlinale  and CineMart at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He develops feature films and series through Cave Letters, his scripted-fiction studio.

He is the author of the short-story collection ¡Oiga Bien! (2017) and the novels Solo las medusas no duermen (Adarve, 2026) and El Asombrado (Editorial Orsai, 2027).

He studied at New York University and is a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA). He is represented in Spain by Contrario.