---
name: "Martin Bruestle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-bruestle"
fi1m_id: "martin-bruestle"
imdb_id: "nm0115751"
tmdb_id: 1223738
wikidata_id: "Q6775070"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:36:05.064220+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Martin Bruestle

## Identity

Martin Bruestle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-bruestle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-bruestle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0115751
- **TMDB ID:** 1223738
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6775070
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bruestle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6775070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223738

Producer and director. Born 1 January 1901 in Bemidji, Minnesota.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Bemidji, Minnesota
- **Active:** 1990–1999
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 producing
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bruestle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6775070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223738

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Martin Bruestle is an American television producer and director. He is best known for his work on the series *Northern Exposure* (1990–1995) and *The Sopranos* (1999–2007).

A native of Bemidji, Minnesota, Bruestle graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1987. He began his career with an internship on *Thirtysomething*, where he worked as post-production coordinator. He joined *Northern Exposure* in 1990 as associate producer and co-producer across all six seasons, contributing to music selection and soundtrack releases. He later worked with executive producer David Chase on *The Sopranos*, serving as co-producer and then producer on all 86 episodes and directing one episode.

Bruestle shared in two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series for *The Sopranos* (2004 and 2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sopranos.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Co-Producer, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Fi1m 82, Associate Producer, Producer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Director, Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, Producer, Associate Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

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