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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.
Quadrophenia. “The closest thing England has produced to its own Mean Streets”. - The Criterion Collection. See more.
Biography. A graduate of Europe’s leading film school, the National Film and Television School, Martin Stellman’s career as screenwriter spans several decades ranging from the youth cult classic based on The Who’s iconic album, QUADROPHENIA (1979) to, most recently, YARDIE (2018) Idris Elba’s acclaimed debut feature as director.
Martin Stellman was born on 28 July 1948 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Yardie (2018), The Interpreter (2005) and Babylon (1980).
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- Writer, Director, Producer
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Martin Stellman
Go away and think of something else”. So we came back with a much bigger and bolder movie set in the United Nations about an interpreter who speaks not only the five main languages at the UN but an indigenous South American language she overhears when someone thinks the mikes are switched off.
While Rosso passed away in 2016, his creative partner Martin Stellman is alive and has gone on to work on many more screenplays. He wrote the story for the UN thriller “The Interpreter” (2005)...
Born in 1948, Martin Stellman grew up in West Hampstead and after attending St Marylebone Grammar School went to Bristol University, to study Drama and English but dropped out after two years to join Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, as experimental rock theatre group popular between 1968 – 1971.
