Martin Brest

Born 1951 · American film director

Martin Brest is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. After his feature debut, Going in Style (1979), he directed the action comedies Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Midnight Run (1988), which were critical and commercial hits. He then directed Scent of a Woman (1992), starring Al Pacino, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, and earned Brest nominations for Best Director and Best Picture.

Martin Brest, in order

1. 1972 Hot Dogs for Gauguin (short film): directed, wrote, acted
2. 1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): directed · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
3. 1977 Hot Tomorrows: directed, wrote, produced
4. 1979 Going in Style: directed, wrote
5. 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High: acted · directed by Amy Heckerling · critics 79%, audiences 80% · streaming on Philo, AMC+
6. 1984 Beverly Hills Cop: directed, acted · critics 84%, audiences 82% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
7. 1985 Spies Like Us: acted · directed by John Landis
8. 1988 Midnight Run: directed, produced, acted · critics 95%, audiences 87%
9. 1992 Scent of a Woman: directed, produced · critics 81%, audiences 92% · streaming on Peacock, YouTube (free)
10. 1993 Josh and S.A.M.: produced · directed by Billy Weber
11. 1998 Meet Joe Black: directed, produced · critics 49%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video
12. 2003 Gigli: directed, wrote · critics 7%, audiences 14% · streaming on Kanopy