Troy Kennedy Martin

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-02-15 (77 years old)

Deathday

2009-09-15

Place of Birth

Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK

Troy Kennedy Martin

Biography

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.

Production

1997

Hostile Waters

as Screenplay

1970

Kelly's Heroes

as Screenplay

1988

Red Heat

as Screenplay

1978

Sweeney 2

as Writer

1999

Bravo Two Zero

as Screenplay

2023

Ferrari

as Writer

2004

Red Dust

as Writer

1969

1980

Fear of God

as Writer

2003

The Italian Job

as Original Film Writer

1965

The Midas Plague

as Adaptation

1959

The Traitor

as Adaptation

1965

The Pistol

as Adaptation

1972

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