J.F. Martel is an author, screenwriter and film/TV director from Ottawa, Canada. His screen work include French and English-language documentary series and features focused on culture and the arts. He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, a book about the nature and power art published by Evolver Editions, and in Spanish translation by Ediciones Atalanta. J.F.’s writings on art, culture, and philosophy have appeared in Reality Sandwich, Metapsychosis, The Finch, Disinfo, and other online magazines. He co-hosts the Weird Studies podcast with musicologist Phil Ford.