Originally from the New York City area, Martin Amada moved to France in 1990 where he stayed for 5 years, before coming to Thailand where he has spent much of the past two decades.
He has lived and worked in several of the Kingdom's southern provinces and for two years on the Thailand/Burma border, in the gateway of what's been called the world's last pristine marine wilderness, the Myiek Archipelago.
In 2008/2009 he spent 18 months in Phnom Penh Cambodia.
In August 2011 he established operations in Bangkok.
He lived for many years on Koh Samui, where in 1999 a love of Thai food led him to co-found now internationally recognized Samui Institute of Thai Culinary Arts. He remains a co-director.
As a 22 year old Martin was a screenwriting fellow at the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles, California. Prior to that as a young actor he appeared in stage productions, and later on French television and in the feature film "Tomorrow never dies."
He is the author of four full-length original screenplays, and has produced, directed, shot, edited, and narrated dozens of instructional, documentary and promotional videos.
He speaks fluent French, the remains of once good Spanish, and as a result of several years on the French Riviera, bumbling German and Italian. While living in Cambodia he learned conversational Khmer, a task made easier by fluency in Thai.
He is at work attempting to produce a sitcom and separately, a comedic feature about expatriate life in Thailand.