Martin Stellman
Martin Stellman (London, 28 July 1948) is a British screenwriter and director best known for creating and writing The Interpreter (2005), starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, and co-writing with Franc Roddam the 1979 British cult classic Quadrophenia. He attended Bristol University, before joining the psychedelic band Principal Edwards Magic Theatre and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. He often collaborates with British screenwriter and director Brian Ward.
Martin Stellman
- Born
- 1948
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film director
- Education
- National Film and Television School · University of Bristol
- Languages
- English
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• Harry (TV series, 3 episodes) (1993) • For Queen and Country (1988)
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He wrote and directed the action thriller For Queen and Country (1988) starring Denzel Washington playing a Falklands War veteran. He teamed up with Idris Elba, co-writing Yardie (2018), Elba's feature debut. Elba took inspiration from Stellman's earlier film Babylon (1980), a drama about sound-system culture in London during the 1970s.
• Yardie (2018) • The Interpreter (2005) • Shoebox Zoo (TV series, 3 episodes) (2004) • Tabloid (2001) • For Queen and Country (1988) • Defence of the Realm (1986) • Babylon (1980) • Quadrophenia (1979)
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Martin Stellman (born 1948) is described as a screenwriter in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Martin Stellman is recorded in 1948.
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