Martin Stellman
Martin Stellman is a British screenwriter and director best known for creating and writing The Interpreter, starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, and co-writing with Franc Roddam the 1979 British cult classic Quadrophenia.
He wrote and directed the action thriller For Queen and Country starring Denzel Washington playing a Malvinas/Falklands War veteran. 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.
He recently teamed up with Idris Elba co-writing Yardie, Elba's feature debut. Elba took inspiration from Stellman's earlier film Babylon, a drama about sound-system culture in London during the 1970s.Filmography
Writer
- Yardie
- The Interpreter
- Shoebox Zoo
- Tabloid
- For Queen and Country
- Defence of the Realm
- Babylon
- Quadrophenia
Director
- Harry
- For Queen and Country
