---
name: "Martin J. Layton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-j-layton"
fi1m_id: "martin-j-layton"
imdb_id: "nm0493623"
tmdb_id: 1559512
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:08:24.413392+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 J. Layton

## Identity

Martin J. Layton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-j-layton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-j-layton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0493623
- **TMDB ID:** 1559512
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1559512

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1984–2006
- **Also known as:** Martin Layton, Marty Layton
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1559512

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Martin J. Layton, also credited as Martin Layton or Marty Layton, is a cinematographer and camera operator. He began working in the camera department in the early 1980s on feature films including *Repo Man* (1984), where he served as first assistant camera.

Layton has worked extensively as a camera operator on television series and films such as *Ladder 49* (2004), *Rumor Has It...* (2005) and multiple episodes of *Dexter*. Between 2009 and 2011 he was director of photography on eight episodes of the series. He has also received producer credits on short films and television movies.

*Sources: imdb.com, dexter.fandom.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *Repo Man* (1984), Fi1m 83, First Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Lucky You* (2007), Camera Operator
- *Dexter* (2006), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *Sleepover* (2004), Camera Operator
- *Tuck Everlasting* (2002), Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Shadow Men* (1998), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Payback* (1997), Camera Operator
- *Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live* (1992), Camera Operator
- *Down Twisted* (1987), Camera Operator
- *The Sure Thing* (1985), as Frat Guy (as Marty Layton)
- *Tuff Turf* (1985), First Assistant Camera
- *Bad Manners* (1984), First Assistant Camera
- *Repo Man* (1984), First Assistant Camera — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

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