Terry Cafolla | |
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Born | 1969 (age 52–53) Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Nationality | Northern Ireland |
Genre | Drama, Crime |
Notable works | Law and Order: UK , Holy Cross |
Notable awards | Golden FIPA |
Terry Cafolla is a Northern Irish screenwriter.
Terry Cafolla was born in Armagh in 1969. He left Armagh to study at Queen's University, where he completed a degree in Philosophy and Russian studies before subsequently obtaining an MA in Poetry. After leaving college, following a short spell on a media-training course, Cafolla secured a one-year contract with a Belfast film collective. [1] Cafolla himself cites the fact that both poetry and American TV drama had a large influence over him in his adolescence, despite the fact that "TV never seemed an option for somebody from Armagh". [2]
His first television drama Holy Cross (2003) examined the emotive events which occurred on Belfast’s Ardoyne Road in 2001 and signalled the emergence of a television writer of skill and sensitivity. [1] This first foray into television drama earned Cafolla a BAFTA nomination for best new Drama, and a Golden FIPA award for best screenplay. [3] Cafolla has since contributed to the TV drama Messiah and has written episodes for both series of Law & Order: UK , a British adaptation of the long-running US crime series. Other notable work includes a drama-documentary on the life of George Best, and an episode of the TV fantasy series, Camelot.
He wrote The Whale , a television film starring Martin Sheen that aired on BBC One in 2014. [4] He wrote an episode of the historical drama Britannia in 2017. [5]
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