Martin Stellman

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Martin Stellman (London, July 28, 1948) 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 . [1]

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He wrote and directed the action thriller For Queen and Country starring Denzel Washington playing a Falklands War veteran. He attended Bristol University, before joining the psychedelic band Principal Edwards Magic Theatre [2] 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.

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