Trivia

Graduated from the same Long Island high school as Natalie Portman.

Was the writing partner of his brother Steven Martini.

Was mentored by Scott Frank, Christopher McQuarrie, Stewart Stern, Robert Redford and Alfonso Cuarón among many others at the Sundance Filmmaker's Lab.

The Martini brothers were invited to develop their film "Lymelife" at the Sundance Filmmaker's lab. During the summer long lab they were one of the focal points of the Robert Redford produced documentary Sundance 20 (2002), an inside look at the filmmaker's and screenwriter's lab.

As well as appearing as an Executive Producer on "Lymelife", Martin Scorsese's name also appears on Steven and Derick's micro-budget film "Smiling fish And Goat On Fire" as Martin Scorsese Presents.

Winner of the Toronto Film Festival's Discovery award for the film "Smiling Fish And Goat On Fire" (1999).

He had worked on a screenplay with Kevin Jarre called Golden Gate Iron.