Martin Short On Emmy-Nominated Documentary ‘Marty, Life Is Short’ & Big British Stars Joining Next Season Of ‘Only Murders’
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- Martin Short earned two Emmy nominations for Only Murders in the Building — Outstanding Comedy Series (as producer) and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Oliver Putnam — plus a third nomination as Outstanding Host for a Game Show for Match Game.
- Netflix documentary "Marty, Life Is Short" earned three Primetime Emmy nominations including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Directing for Lawrence Kasdan, drawing on 30 years of Short's personal camcorder archives plus footage contributed by Steven Spielberg.
- Only Murders in the Building season 6 is filming in London with major British stars including Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Martin Freeman, and Jennifer Saunders, with Short calling the cast level "insane."
- Short's personal losses detailed in the documentary include his eldest brother dying in an auto accident at age 12, both parents dying by age 20, wife Nancy Dolman's cancer death in 2010 at 58, and daughter Katherine taking her own life earlier this year.
- Catherine O'Hara — Short's SCTV co-star alongside John Candy (the subject of another Emmy-nominated documentary this year, John Candy: I Like Me) — shot a final interview for the film shortly before her death earlier this year.
- Short says his career has been "80 percent failure" but defines real failure as not liking your own work; at 76, he remains off social media and says he "never did this for the admiration of strangers."
Why it matters: At 76, Martin Short lands six Emmy noms across three projects in a year that also brought the death of Catherine O'Hara and his daughter Katherine. The documentary draws on 30 years of his personal camcorder archives plus footage from Steven Spielberg, making it a legacy document as much as an awards contender.
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