Meryle Selinger Martin

With more than three decades of professional experience in the film and television industry to her name, Meryle Selinger (Martin) has led an accomplished career from within the behind-the-scenes, yet crucial, field in show business. She has served as a production financial controller and production accountant for ABC TV since 2007 and various other studios such as NBC Studios, NBC/Universal Cable Network, 20th Century Fox Television, Warner Bros, CBS, HBO, and Paramount Pictures.   In these roles, she prepares the series and feature film budgets, the projected final cost report estimates for TV pilots, series, and feature films; state and foreign tax incentive reports; oversees the accounting department as Head of Department; approves payments, purchase orders, and payroll; and corresponds with various studios, among several other responsibilities. She has taken on the position of the key production accountant for film and TV on a freelance basis since 1985, working out of New York City, London, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Israel.

Attributing her remarkable success to being a people-person with street smarts, Ms. Martin was initially encouraged to become a dancer by her mother growing up. She spent lots of time in ballet classes and was event rained at Carnegie Hall when she was 15. She ultimately graduated from high school early and attended Baylor University as a theater arts major, then went to California and joined the Pasadena Playhouse for a year before coming to the conclusion that dancing wasn’t going to earn her any money. It was at 19 that she, through a friend, got started as a production coordinator and bookkeeper on a feature film. Looking toward the future, Ms. Martin has no plans to retire any time soon and strives to keep excelling within her many roles.