Filmmaker Martina (Judah) Attille is a British citizen and has lived in London since 1961. She graduated in 1983 from Goldsmiths University, London, where she produced her first film, By Any Other Name (1983). On graduation, Attille accepted the offer of a six-month placement with the independent production company, Large Door, through a Channel Four Television trainee scheme and trained with Production Manager Janine Marmot on the second series of Visions, a documentary series about world cinema, produced by John Ellis, Keith Griffiths and Simon Hartog.