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Recipient of the inaugural Humanitarian Award in 2001, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, for his philanthropy and advocacy.

Recipient of The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, in 2002, in honor of the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in recognition of his contribution to the arts and his philanthropy.

Recipient of The Margaret Collier Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Canadian Screen Awards, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, in honor of his body of work in television.

Honored by Hollywood's LGBTQ foundation POWER UP as one of 2011's "Amazing Men in Showbiz".

Donald Martin is a member of The Writers Guild of America, West (WGA); The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC); The TV Academy (U.S.A.); The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television; and The British Academy of Film & Television (BAFTA).

Donald Martin's feature film from The Philippines, entitled TOTO, which he wrote with John Paul Su, and produced with John Paul Su and Rey Cuerdo, won the Audience Award for Best Film at the 39th Asian American International Film Festival in New York (2016).

Per Good Housekeeping, Donald Martin's movie "Christmas Town" on Hallmark Channel, the # 1 rated movie of 2019 across all platforms, has been ranked among the best Christmas movies of all time.

A former journalist, he also wrote the novel "One Out of Four", Coach House Press, Canada (1986). He contributed to the book "Telling It -- Writing for Canadian Film & Television", Doubleday, Canada (1996). He contributed to the book "It's All About Kindness", Cormorant Books, Canada (2012).

USA Today has included his movie 'The Craigslist Killer' on its list of 'Top 10 Lifetime movies that we love to hate-watch'.

Entertainment Weekly listed his movie "Queen Bees" among 'The 17 Best Romantic Comedies on Netflix' (Nov 2024).

All of Donald's dogs have been named after states: Indiana, Dakota, Montana, Nevada, and Alaska.

His first production in 1988 was the drama "No Blame", the first movie to deal with AIDS from a woman's point of view. "No Blame" was invited by the World Health Organization to screen at the 5th International AIDS Conference and the movie won several international awards, including Prince Albert's Red Cross Award at the Monte Carlo Film & Television Festival (1989).