{{short description|Northern Irish screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer | name = Terry Cafolla | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}} | birth_place = Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK | occupation = Screenwriter | education = | nationality = Northern Ireland | genre = Drama, Crime | notableworks = ''Law and Order: UK'',<br />''Holy Cross'' | subject = | awards = Golden FIPA | movement = | partner = }} '''Terry Cafolla''' is a Northern Irish screenwriter.
==Early life== 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.<ref name="terry">{{cite web |url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/film/terry-cafolla |first=Francis |last=Jones |title=Terry Cafolla |work=Culture Northern Ireland |date=26 April 2006 |accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.script-consultant.co.uk/2008/11/28/interview-with-terry-cafolla/ |title=Interview with Terry Cafolla |work=Script-consultant.co.uk |date=28 November 2008 |accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref>
==Career== 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.<ref name="terry"/> This first foray into television drama earned Cafolla a BAFTA nomination for best new Drama, and a Golden FIPA award for best screenplay.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1472069/awards |title=Terry Cafolla Awards |work=IMDb |accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-12-20|title=The Whale: Writing and researching a factual drama|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fwritersroom%2Fentries%2Fa5fbb77c-81ef-3563-9d4f-9e64d07c38de|access-date=2021-07-27|website=BBC|language=en}}</ref> He wrote an episode of the historical drama ''Britannia'' in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Jaafar|first1=Ali|date=2016-04-11|title=Kelly Reilly In Talks To Board Event Series 'Britannia' For Sky|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/kelly-reilly-in-talks-to-board-britannia-event-tv-series-sky-1201735338/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=1472069|name=Terry Cafolla}}
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