As a teenager the silver screen fascinated Philippe Martin; less perhaps for its stars and its glamour and more for everything that isn’t on show: the production of a film, its cost… all the economic aspects, which were so interesting to him and which no one talked about.
In 1990, Philippe Martin founded his short film production company, Les Films Pelleas, at the tender age of 24, providing him with the means to look for, discover and work with young writers, directors and technicians.
Then, Philippe Martin discovered Jean-Claude Tilly, a theatre scriptwriter and director. His extremely personal world, the accuracy and precision of his writing, his way of directing actors...everything about him is fascinating. The press critics too are unanimous, praising the fierce realism of his plays and their unique tone.
At that point, Philippe Martin asked him to write his first original screenplay for a feature length film. One year later, the screenplay was completed: Bonne fête maman. His long-term aim? To find a balance between the production of feature length films and documentaries (preferably musical). To continue to look for, hunt out and unearth young writers. He knows that they are both his future and that of the film industry.

Achivements since winning the grant
In 1992, under the title of Loin du Brésil, written and directed by Jean-Claude Tilly, the award winning Bonne fête maman was released. The film won the Procirep Prize at the Namur Film Festival, the prize for the best first film at the Florence Film Festival, the Audience Award at the La Ciotat Film Festival and the Glaces Gervais Grand Prix in 1993.
His meeting with Pierre Salvadori marked the beginning of a great collaboration: Cible émouvante, completed in 1993, Les Apprentis in 1995, Comme elle respire in 1998, Les Marchands de sable in 2000, Après vous in 2003 and finally Hors de Prix in 2006.
In the mean time, Philippe Martin has also produced L’histoire du garçon qui voulait qu’on l’embrasse, by Philippe Harel in 1994 and Fast, by Dante Desarthe (prize winning producer in 1992) as well as Peindre ou faire l’amour, by the Larrieu brothers in 2005.
In 2007, he produced Tout est Pardonné by Mia Hansen-Löve and La France by Serge Bozon
2008 will see the release of Le Diable, la jeune fille et le moulin, by Sébastien Laudenbach, Versailles, by Pierre Schoeller and Nés en 68, by Olivier Ducastel