Client details
Martyn Friend
Director
Agent
| Anthony Jones |
About
| Parents - Philip Friend and Eileen Erskine, both screen and stage actors. Schools in USA and England. Oxford University, MA English Hons. Joined ITV as Researcher/Writer. Several years ITV/BBC as Production Manager, 1st AD. Left BBC in 1976 as freelance director. Has since directed extensively in UK and on location throughout Europe, South America, Far East, Greenland, South Atlantic etc. etc. Also screenwriter. Based in London. Fluent in French and Spanish. |
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| THE BISHOP'S LAST VISIT | Written by David Ashton |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| NEW TRICKS 6 | Wall to Wall/BBC | Episodes 1 & 2 with Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Alum Armstrong |
| NEW TRICKS 5 | Wall to Wall/BBC | Episodes 3 & 4 with Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Alum Armstrong |
| REBUS | SMG | |
| AFTERLIFE 2 | Clerkenwell Films/ITV | Episodes 4, 5 & 6 Produced by Murray Ferguson with Lesley Sharp, Andrew Lincoln |
| SILENT WITNESS 10 | BBC | with Emilia Fox |
| THE LAST DETECTIVE IV | Granada/ITV | with Peter Davison, Sean Hughes |
| AFTERLIFE | Clerkenwell Films/ITV | Produced by Murray Ferguson with Lesley Sharp, Andrew Lincoln |
| WINTER SOLSTICE | Own2 Feet Productions/ZDF | TV Film from Rosamund Pilcher novel. Producer: David Cunliffe Screenplay by: William Corlett with John Bird, Brian Blessed, Geraldine Chaplin, Sinead Cusack, Jason Durr, Maureen Lipman, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov |
| NEW TRICKS 2 | Wall to Wall/BBC | Episodes 3 & 5 with Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, Alum Armstrong |
| LOVE OR MONEY | Monogram/BBC | Producer: Dave Edwards Writer: Lizzie Mickery with Stephen Duffy, Emma Cunliffe, Sheila Hancock |
| INSPECTOR REBUS: BLACK & BLUE | Clerkenwell Films/STV | Ian Rankin novel adapted by Stuart Hepburn 1 x 100 mins pilot Murray Ferguson with John Hannah |
| WHERE THE HEART IS | United Television | |
| MAKING THE CUT | RTE | Written by John Brown/Eric Deacon 2-hour pilot and first series * Euro Widescreen Award |
| CUTS | Written by Malcolm Bradbury/David Nobbs TV Movie/Single Film with Sir Donald Sinden | |
| WYCLIFFE | ||
| SEAFORTH | BBC | Written by Peter Ransley * BANFF Festival Award |
| LOVE ON A BRANCH LINE | Written by John Hadfield/David Nobbs | |
| INSPECTOR ALLEYN MYSTERIES | BBC | Written by Ngaio Marsh with Sir John Gielgud |
| TITMUSS REGAINED | Written by John Mortimer with Kristin Scott Thomas | |
| SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST | Written by Julian Mitchell TV Movie/Single Film | |
| SUMMER'S LEASE | Written by John Mortimer with Sir John Gielgud * BAFTA nomination, EMMY | |
| CAMPION | Written by Margery Allingham/Alan Plater TV Movie/Single Film | |
| 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON | BBC | Written by Agatha Christie TV Movie/Single Film |
| ALL PASSION SPENT | Written by Vita Sackville-West with Dame Wendy Hiller * BAFTA nomination, RTS | |
| THE DAILY WOMAN | Written by Bernard Maclaverty/Ann Devlin TV Movie/Single Film | |
| THE DAUGHTER IN LAW | Written by D H Lawrence TV Movie/Single Film | |
| ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS | Written by Arnold Bennett | |
| SHACKLETON | BBC | |
| FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE | Written by H E Bates | |
| SWEET NOTHINGS | Written by Ted Whitehead TV Movie/Single Film | |
| THE VOYAGE OF CHARLES DARWIN | BBC | * 2 BAFTA Awards, BPG Award |
