Martin Sagadin
Martin Sagadin is a Slovenian and New Zealand film and music video director, and musician. They are known for directing music videos for New Zealand musicians such as Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams and Tiny Ruins.
Early life and education
Martin Sagadin was born on 22 June 1991 in Kranj, Yugoslavia, now part of present-day Slovenia. Martin grew up in the village of Zgornja Bela. In 2005, they moved to Blenheim, New Zealand with family.In 2010, they moved to Christchurch to study film at the University of Canterbury. Sagadin's first day at university was the day of the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. In 2018 they completed a master's degree in fine arts, with focus on film directing and writing, at the University of Canterbury, graduating with distinction. In 2023, Sagadin completed Crest, a feature film intensive run by Jane Campion.
Career
Sagadin began their work on music videos in 2014, directing the video for Aldous Harding's single ‘No Peace’. Sagadin and Harding have continued to collaborate since, including on the video for Harding's hit single ‘The Barrel’.In 2021, Sagadin and Harding collaborated on the video for Harding's single 'Old Peel'. For the video, Sagadin made an appearance in front of the camera, switching places with Harding to star as the singer in the music video.
Sagadin's debut album Martin iz Zgornje Bele was released on 5th of December 2025 on Ba Da Bing Records and Melted Ice Cream.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2016 | 'Short Trillogy of Peace' | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2018 | 'Oko Na Roki' | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2019 | 'Spring Interlude' | Director |
| 2021 | 'Songs in the Hills with Archer' | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2022 | 'Dispeller' | Director, editor |
| 2022 | 'Garden of Clay' | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| Year | Song | Artist | Role |
| 2014 | 'No Peace' | Aldous Harding | Director |
| 2015 | 'Stop Your Tears' | Aldous Harding | Co-director with Aldous Harding |
| 2015 | 'Strange Things' | Marlon Williams | Director |
| 2017 | 'Chomsky's Sweater' | Pickle Darling | Director |
| 2018 | 'What's Chasing You' | Marlon Williams | Director |
| 2018 | 'Come to Me' | Marlon Williams | Director |
| 2018 | 'Bodycon' | Girlboss | Director |
| 2018 | 'Greedy Bitch' | Horn | Director |
| 2018 | 'Demeter' | Indi | Director, set builder and painter |
| 2018 | 'Give it to Me' | Motte | Director |
| 2018 | 'Lozenge' | Ben Woods | Director |
| 2018 | 'Pink Flamingos' | Richard Dada | Director |
| 2019 | 'Holograms' | Tiny Ruins | Director |
| 2019 | 'Rose Quartz' | Richard Dada | Director |
| 2019 | 'Bicycle Weather' | Pickle Darling | Director |
| 2019 | 'The Barrel' | Aldous Harding | Co-director with Aldous Harding |
| 2019 | 'Zoo Eyes' | Aldous Harding | Co-director with Aldous Harding |
| 2019 | 'Romancy' | Ben Woods | Director, Cinematographer, Editor |
| 2019 | 'Good 2 be Sleeping' | Ben Woods | Director, Cinematographer, Editor |
| 2019 | 'Out of Our Hands' | Delaney Davidson & Barry Saunders | Director |
| 2019 | 'Stolen River' | Delaney Davidson & Barry Saunders | Director |
| 2019 | 'Turn Around' | Adam Hattaway and the Haunters | Director |
| 2019 | 'Take Care of You' | Adam Hattaway and the Haunters | Director |
| 2019 | 'All of the Time Not at All' | Finn Johansson | Director |
| 2019 | 'Best Thing in the Room' | Lisa Crawley | Director |
| 2019 | 'Extreme Heights' | Mousey | Director |
| 2020 | 'Nothing Lasts' | Adam Hattaway and the Haunters | Co-director with Marlon Williams |
| 2020 | 'Oh Canada' | Nadia Reid | Director |
| 2020 | 'Get the Devil Out' | Nadia Reid | Director |
| 2020 | 'H.N.Y.B' | Merk | Co-director with Merk |
| 2020 | 'Sink or Swim' | Marlin's Dreaming | Director, Editor |
| 2020 | 'Lonely After' | Yumi Zouma | Director, Editor |
| 2020 | 'Used to Be' | Womb | Director, Editor |
| 2020 | 'How Cool' | Ryan Fisherman | Director, Cinematographer, Editor |
| 2020 | 'The Tunnel' | French for Rabbits | Director |
| 2021 | 'God' | Merk | Co-director with Merk |
| 2021 | 'Body Rhyme' | Ben Woods | Director, Editor |
| 2021 | 'Til I meet you again' | Psychadellic Birthday Party | Director, Editor |
| 2021 | 'The Bench' | Mousey | Co-director with Sarena Close, Editor |
| 2021 | 'My Hands are Made of Glass' | Mousey | Co-director with Sarena Close, Editor |
| 2021 | 'Observation' | Ryan Fisherman | Director |
| 2021 | 'Ouija Board' | French for Rabbits | Co-director with Misma Andrews, Editor |
| 2021 | 'The Outsider' | French for Rabbits | Co-director with Brooke Singer, Editor |
| 2021 | 'Walk the Desert' | French for Rabbits | Co-director with Brooke Singer, Editor |
| 2021 | 'Laps aroud the Sun' | Merk | Co-director with Merk and Abigail Egden |
| 2021 | 'Old Peel' | Aldous Harding | Producer, appears as the singer |
| 2022 | 'My Boy' | Marlon Williams | Co-director with Marlon Williams |
| 2022 | 'Pushing & Pulling' | Miles Calder | Producer, editor |
| 2022 | 'Easy Does It' | Marlon Williams | Co-director with Marlon Williams |
| 2022 | 'Abstract Oils' | CRUSH | Co-director with CRUSH |
| 2022 | 'Something' | Soaked Oats | Director, producer, editor |
| 2022 | 'Oceans' | Womb | Director, editor |
| 2022 | 'Lawn' | Aldous Harding | Co-director with Aldous Harding |
| 2022 | 'Fever' | Aldous Harding | Co-director with Aldous Harding |
| 2023 | 'Head Terrarium' | Pickle Darling | Director, editor, cinematographer, co-set and prop builder with Laura Duffy |
| 2023 | 'Changeling' | After the Flesh | Director, editor |
| 2023 | 'Rodeo' | Amira Grenell | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2023 | 'Mattress' | Cuticles | Director |
| 2023 | 'Lanterns' | Amira Grenell | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2023 | 'Don't Walk Away From Love' | Delaney Davidson | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2024 | 'Out of my head' | Delaney Davidson | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2025 | 'Loline' | The Bats | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2025 | 'The Gown' | The Bats | Director, editor, cinematographer |
| 2025 | 'Gold & Blue' | French for Rabbits | Co-director with Brooke Singer, Editor |
| 2025 | 'Desire' | Georgia Knight | Co-director with Marlon Williams, Georgia Knight and Tom Lynch, editor |
| 2025 | 'Mingle' | Georgia Knight | Co-director with Marlon Williams & Georgia Knight, cinematographer, editor |
| 2025 | 'Howling Moons' | Cuticles | Director |
| 2025 | 'Everybody Knows My Business Now' | Georgia Knight | Co-director with Marlon Williams & Georgia Knight, cinematographer, editor |
| 2025 | 'Wrong Party' | Fazed on a Pony | Director & Editor |
Discography
- Martin iz Zgornje Bele
Personal life