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Troy Kennedy Martin (15 February 1932 – 15 September 2009) was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter. He created the long-running BBC TV police series Z-Cars (1962–1978), and the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness.He also wrote the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job (1969). His last film was Ferrari (2023), which was posthumously released.
Troy Kennedy Martin. Writer: Ferrari. Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15, 1932 in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK. He was an accomplished writer, known for The Italian Job (1969), Red Heat (1988) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He penned two of British television's most groundbreaking series of the 20th century, first with Z Cars (1962), one of the first realistic police dramas, and ...
Troy Kennedy Martin. Writer: The Italian Job. Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15, 1932 in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK. He was an accomplished writer, known for The Italian Job (1969), Red Heat (1988) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He penned two of British television's most groundbreaking series of the 20th century, first with Z Cars (1962), one of the first realistic police ...
When Troy Kennedy Martin created Z Cars in 1962, he brought to British television screens for the first time an image of the police very different from the homely one depicted in Dixon of Dock Green.
Sep 15, 2009 · Troy Kennedy Martin, the British screenwriter whose credits include The Italian Job, died of cancer yesterday (September 15) aged 77 years old.
A co-creator of police series Z-Cars (1962-78), Kennedy Martin went on to even greater success writing The Italian Job (1969). His other feature screenplays include Kelly’s Heroes (1970) and Sweeney 2 (1978) with acclaimed work for television including the series Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) and Edge of Darkness (1986). *Read Troy Kennedy Martin's Guardian Obituary *Read Troy Kennedy Martin's ...
Sep 16, 2009 · Troy Kennedy Martin, the scriptwriter, who died on Tuesday aged 77, created Z-Cars in 1962, revolutionising television police dramas by introducing a tough new realism; he also wrote the ...
Troy Kennedy Martin (15 February 1932 – 15 September 2009) was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter best known for creating the long running BBC TV police series Z-Cars, and for the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness. Kennedy Martin's best-known work for the cinema was the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job.
Dec 27, 2006 · Born in 1932, Troy Kennedy Martin 1 was a British scriptwriter who worked in film and television. He was a pioneer in portraying the police as less than perfect in British TV drama, but has been ...
Jul 9, 2010 · On 27 April 2010, seven months after the death of one of Britain’s most important screenwriters, Troy Kennedy Martin, BAFTA hosted an evening of tributes from those who knew him.
