Martin Toub, Producer
Martin Toub has dedicated his life in television to an idea put forth by journalist Edward R. Murrow that television can “teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire.”
Toub is an award-winning producer who has earned five primetime Emmys, multiple Genesis, Prism, Imagen, NAMIC and Parents’ Choice awards – as well as the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award.
In 1998 he landed what he says he considers “the best job in TV,” working at Lucky Duck Productions.
As part of Lucky Duck’s Nick News team, Toub has traveled across the U.S. and the world to create programs that give kids a voice.The shows he’s produced have often focused on tough subjects like war, racism, bullying, domestic violence and addiction. Toub has also taken kids elephant riding in Thailand and produced entertaining shows about teen romance, annoying siblings, and the comical failures we all experience growing up.
Toub began at New York’s PBS station WNYC-TV, where he worked on documentaries, cultural and news programs, including the teen news program In The Mix. From there, Toub worked on documentaries for PBS and cable television including; Oliver Stone: Inside Out, Scorsese Directs, The Other Half Revisited: The Legacy of Jacob A. Riis, From Swastika to Jim Crow, The Trial of the Chicago 8 and The 1992 Lincoln Douglas Debates.
Music is central to Toub’s storytelling style and also the subject of many of his films. In the 1980’s he photographed rap videos for MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane and Heavy D and in 1998 directed a twelve-part music series, Exploring the World of Music.
Toub started taking pictures when he was twelve and playing music when he was fifteen. Today he’s rarely seen without a camera or a guitar nearby.