Martine Granby is a nonfiction filmmaker, producer, and video journalist. She is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut, with a focus on documentary filmmaking. She holds a joint appointment in UConn’s Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) in the Department of Social and Critical Inquiry, and is an affiliate of the Africana Studies Institute.
Her creative research focuses on interrogating and experimenting with family and collective moving-image archives, as well as exploring the ethical considerations of found-footage use and the discourses surrounding mental health in BIPOC communities.
As a filmmaker with a background in visual journalism, Granby produces films that weave between documentary, experimental non-fiction, hybrid, and essay forms.
She has worked as a documentarian, producer, editor, video journalist, and educator for The New York Times, Kartemquin Films, The New School, University of Virginia’s Religion, Race & Democracy Lab, City Bureau, Marfa Public Radio, BRIC TV, UnionDocs, Global Girl Media, Brooklyn Public Library and Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies - where she co-developed the DocX Archive Lab, How Are We Known?: Reimagining, Repurposing, and Rewriting the Archive.
As a producer with the Brooklyn-based BRIC TV, Granby co-directed and produced NO SIREN LEFT BEHIND (2022), which premiered at the 40th edition of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival and screened at Newark LGBTQ Film Festival, Centre Film Festival, and Out On Film: Atlanta's LGBTQ Film Festival.
Her current film, SAME WATER (2025), premiered at the True/False Film Festival and screened at the Hayti Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, and Wide Open Experimental Film Festival.
She started production on her feature film, TEN SECONDS OF SUGAR, as a fellow with Kartemquin Films’ Diverse Voices in Docs program. The film is a triptych portrait and personal essay that unveils intergenerational care and the systemic barriers Black women face when seeking mental health resources. The film’s development was supported by the Independent Television Service® Diversity Development Fund.
Martine attended Mount Holyoke College, where she earned her B.A. in Sociology and Film Studies. In addition, she earned an M.A. from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and is a proud Brown Girls Doc Mafia member.