Martin Grof was born on April 17, 1982 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He is best known for his first feature film Excursion (2018) which was written and produced within only 7 months and immediately won the Grand Jury & Audience award at the film festival in PA, USA at the day of its world premiere. Beside that Grof gained for the thriller many other awards and nominations including best director, best picture and best producer at the Hollywood International Film Festival. Grof's second feature, Sensation is a sci-fi mystery thriller starring Eugene Simon (Game of Thrones), Emily Wyatt (Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella). It also features Bethan Wright (Disney's The Lodge) and Alex Reid. The film was released theatrically in the United States with Vertical Entertainment. He is working on his 3rd film with the working title Provocateur. Grof has his own production company, GROFilm.