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Feb 1, 1990 · He is sometimes credited as Troy Kennedy-Martin, and is the brother of Ian Kennedy Martin. His best known work in the cinema is the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job , and in television he was responsible for co-creating the long-running BBC police series Z-Cars and writing the highly-regarded 1985 drama serial Edge of Darkness .
Martin, Troy Kennedy. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1932-2009) Scottish-born scriptwriter, in England from childhood, best known for non-fantastic work such as the BBC police procedural series Z Cars ( 1962 - 1978 ), which he created and for which he supplied scripts intermittently; brother of Ian Kennedy Martin.
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. After a career spanning over five decades, Troy Kennedy Martin is responsible for an impressive body of work and has left an indelible impression on the history of ...
Dec 27, 2006 · The Works of Troy Kennedy Martin - Screenwriter (permalink) Born in 1932, Troy Kennedy Martin 1 was a British scriptwriter who worked in film and television. He was a pioneer in portraying the ...
Jul 19, 2013 · This is the first full-length study of the screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, whose work for film and television includes Z Cars, The Italian Job, Kelly’s Heroes, The Sweeney, Reilly – Ace of Spies and Edge of Darkness. Based on original research and extensive interviews with Troy Kennedy Martin himself.
With a career spanning six decades Troy Kennedy Martin has seen the rise and fall of the television dramatist, making his debut in the era of studio-based television drama in the late 1950s prior to the transition to filmed drama (for which he argued in a famous manifesto) as the television play was gradually replaced by popular series and serials, for which Kennedy Martin did some of his best work.Drawing on original interviews with Kennedy Martin and his collaborators, the book provides a ...
Ferrari is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Michael Mann and written by Troy Kennedy Martin.Based on the 1991 biography Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine by motorsport journalist Brock Yates, the film follows the personal and professional struggles of Enzo Ferrari, the Italian founder of the car manufacturer Ferrari, during the summer of 1957 as Scuderia Ferrari prepares to compete in the 1957 Mille Miglia.
