Al Mertens is an artist hailing from Oklahoma, most well-known for the films he writes, directs, and produces. Al's often darkly humorous movies vividly explore the underside of human nature within society, and have won numerous awards worldwide. His #1 Amazon best-selling screenplays include: "Transgressions;" "Angel City;" and "Thank You, Amelia Earhart," the movie for which is on the festival circuit in 2023 and which is the source of Al's most recent claim to fame:Al directed his lead actress (the incomparable Mary Buss) in his latest movie a year before Martin Scorsese directed her in his (“Killers of the Flower Moon,” a Cannes premiere in May, 2023).
Native Oklahoman!