Alison Martino

{{Short description|US television producer and historian}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|15}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Television producer, writer, historian

| years_active = 1998–present

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Alison Martino (born December 15, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a writer, television producer and historian. She is the daughter of the singer Al Martino and his wife, flight attendant and model Judi Stilwell Martino.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wehoville.com/2015/11/30/56133/|title=The Godmother: Alison Martino Preserves the History of Old LA and the Sunset Strip|date=30 November 2015}}

Known as an expert in Los Angeles history, Martino has been referred to as the "Godmother" of old LA and the Sunset Strip.[http://www.wehoville.com/2015/11/30/56133/ WeHoVille: Alison Martino Preserves the History of Old LA and the Sunset Strip] Her knowledge of Los Angeles has been featured in numerous regional publications such as Curbed LA,[https://la.curbed.com/2017/1/5/14161294/west-hollywood-sunset-plaza-neighborhood-guide-alison-martino Curbed LA: Alison Martino's Neighborhood Guide to Sunset Plaza in West Hollywood][https://la.curbed.com/2017/6/5/15744022/formosa-cafe-west-hollywood-reopen-renovation Curbed LA: West Hollywood's Formosa Cafe will be restored and reopened][https://la.curbed.com/2016/12/9/13900422/earl-carroll-theatre-nickelodeon-sunset-landmark Curbed LA: Hollywood building that once housed lavish supper club wins landmark status] Los Angeles Magazine,[http://www.lamag.com/thejump/the-contributor-qa-alison-martino/ Los Angeles Magazine: Contributor Q&A][http://www.lamag.com/thejump/nagel-gazing-with-alison-martino/ Los Angeles Magazine: Nagel-gazing With Alison Martino] WeHoVille,[http://www.wehoville.com/2014/07/21/wehos-delorean-internet-alison-martino-heads-back-hollywoods-golden-age-villa-novas-charlotte-dale-guide/ WeHoVille: Alison Martino Heads Back to Hollywood's Golden Age with Villa Nova's Charlotte Dale as Guide][http://www.wehoville.com/2014/04/02/vintage-los-angeles-every-day-throwback-thursday-alison-martino/ WeHoVille: With 'Vintage Los Angeles,' Every Day is 'Throwback Thursday' for Alison Martino] The Hollywood Reporter[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vendor-carts-removed-tcl-chinese-934794 Hollywood Reporter: Vendor Carts Removed From Front of Historic TCL Chinese Theatre Following Social Media Controversy] and nationally in the Los Angeles Times,[http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-barbara-venezia-column-20170621-story.html Los Angeles Times: Remembering Charlotte Dale and her beloved Villa Nova] Huffington Post[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/10/vintage-la-alison-martino_n_859232.html Huffington Post: Alison Martino Uncovers A Forgotten City] and The New York Times.[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/us/california-today-hollywood-boulevard-souvenir-vendors.html New York Times: Hollywood History vs Souvenir Junk] She has also been featured in various television and radio programs such as ABC's Eye on L.A.,[http://abc7.com/society/eye-on-la-goes-back-to-the-80s/1295940/ ABC's 'Eye On LA'] NPR,[http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2012/12/06/29558/vintage-los-angeles-alison-martino-nostalgia/ NPR: Going back in time with Vintage LA's Alison Martino] and the nationally syndicated shows The Insider, Travel Channel's Baggage Battles, Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations and 2018's In Ice Cold Blood, hosted by Ice-T. In 2019, Alison became an on-air contributor for Spectrum News channel on a series called The SoCal Scene{{Cite web|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-east/shows/socal-scene|title=The SoCal Scene | Spectrum News 1}} produced by Make Fresh Productions.

As an author, she has written several articles for Los Angeles Magazine.[http://www.lamag.com/author/alison-martino Alison Martino articles in Los Angeles Magazine]

Martino is also a television producer, spending much of the late 1990s and 2000s in various production television roles, producing multiple episodes of E! Entertainment Television's Mysteries and Scandals as well as the popular reality shows Trading Spaces, Celebrity Rehab and the critically acclaimed Intervention. In 2014, she teamed up with P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes of The Ebersole Hughes Company to create the web series VLA TV,[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0KE5mAiDs-u05dJnx3UpSU5AQgcpp1r1 VLA TV] premiering on her YouTube channel. In 2017, she co-produced a documentary on Jayne Mansfield titled Mansfield 66/67.[https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/mansfield-6667-rotterdam-film-review-1201978250/ Variety: Mansfield 66/67]

In 2010, Martino created the online community Vintage Los Angeles which documents the history of Los Angeles.[https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/ Vintage Los Angeles]