Son of producer Frédéric Bourboulon, Martin Bourboulon began his career as an assistant director on a dozen feature films including laissez-passer (2002) by Bertrand Tavernier, produced by his father, or Bon Voyage (2003) by Jean- Paul Rappeneau.

He then signed his first directorial film with the short film Sale Hasard (2003). He then directed a second short, Emprise (2007), before turning to advertising. At the same time, he joined the team of the program Les Guignols de l'info.