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about 

Martin is an award-winning writer successfully working across multiple platforms

 

Writes original drama for BBC Radio Four, including adapting Brendan Behan’s classic memoirs Borstal Boy

Short films, 15 and The Parting Glass, selected for about 20 festivals around the world

 

Two feature scripts under option; Tell Me What You Want Me To Say & Shiny Objects

 

Winner, BBC Northern Ireland/Tony Doyle Bursary for screenplay Sworn Virgin 

Stage play, Your Ever Loving, named best drama at the Edinburgh Festival 

 

Historical drama, Traitors, Cads and Cowards, set in Wandsworth Prison, performed in the prison

Currently writing autobiography of a man who spent 15 years in jail for crimes he did not commit, and a low budget feature screenplay set in Broadmoor

Background in journalism, writing for national newspapers, producing documentaries and podcasts, and a former TV news producer for Associated Press Television News.
 

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