{{short description|British screenwriter and director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2020}} '''Martin Stellman''' (London, 28 July 1948) is a British screenwriter and director best known for creating and writing ''The Interpreter'' (2005), starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, and co-writing with Franc Roddam the 1979 British cult classic ''Quadrophenia''.<ref name="Martin Stellman1">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826369/ Filmography {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
He attended Bristol University, before joining the psychedelic band Principal Edwards Magic Theatre<ref name="Martin Stellman2">http://www.uncarved.org/babylon/people/martin-stellman/ Babylon</ref> and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. He often collaborates with British screenwriter and director Brian Ward.
He wrote and directed the action thriller ''For Queen and Country'' (1988) starring Denzel Washington playing a Falklands War veteran. He teamed up with Idris Elba, co-writing ''Yardie'' (2018), Elba's feature debut. Elba took inspiration from Stellman's earlier film ''Babylon'' (1980), a drama about sound-system culture in London during the 1970s.
==Filmography==
=== Writer === * ''Yardie'' (2018) * ''The Interpreter'' (2005) * ''Shoebox Zoo'' (TV series, 3 episodes) (2004) * ''Tabloid'' (2001) * ''For Queen and Country'' (1988) * ''Defence of the Realm'' (1986) * ''Babylon'' (1980) * ''Quadrophenia'' (1979)
=== Director === * ''Harry'' (TV series, 3 episodes) (1993) * ''For Queen and Country'' (1988)
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0826369|Martin Stellman}}
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