Martin Sadofski

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About me

MARTIN SADOFSKI was born in Bradford from a Russian Jewish background. After being expelled from school he started work in a pie shop in Bradford. After this he painted sets for Bradford Playhouse, and developed an interest in theatre. He also trained to be a nurse until he left to be the singer in a punk band. He studied Theatre at Manchester Metropolitan University for three years.
'Outside Of Heaven' his first play was winner of the 1995 Yorkshire Playwrights competition. It received a full sell out production at the Royal Court in London.
"This is fine, pulsating writing which ... is likely to be hailed as one of the debuts of the year. - Lyn Gardner, The Independent
Following this he spent two years as the ITV sponsored writer in residence at the National Theatre in London.
Martin then progressed to writing films and Television drama. “Walking On the moon” about a teenager who is bullied at school, directed by BAFTA winning director Peter Kosminsky.
Described by Time Out as "brilliant", Martin's two-part BBC television drama BLOOD AND PEACHES about Bradford youth was screened in 1996.
In the late nineties he worked for Brewers productions in Soho as a copywriter where he wrote three party political Broadcasts for the Labour Party.
In the past four years he has written four acclaimed single comedy films for BBC one.
“The Hitch” “Your Mother Should Know” “Come Fly With Me” “Jack and Larry”.
Feature Film scripts include the comedy “Blow Dry” for Miramax. “Bodies” for Kudos films. “Young Gifted and Black ” for Channel 4 films. “Marvin –The life and death of Marvin Gaye” For BBC 4.
His last play ‘Nevermind’ about Kurt Cobain played to full houses at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington in July 2009 .
“There's a reason the theatre exists, and it’s to see really terrific new plays like this. Grab it before it goes.” - The Londonpaper.
His feature film Seamonsters won best film at Nantes Film festival 2013, and was nominated for best feature at Raindance 2013 and Austin Film festival 2013.
His advertising and branded content films “Celia & Chloe” a teen drama series - Johnson and Johnson in partnership with Disney. He recently wrote a film for Prostate Cancer UK Charity “Fathers Day” A cinema short drama stariing Ray Winstone, John Simm, and Charles Dance.

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Secondary Job Title	Producer
Job Titles	Script Writer, Producer
Years in industry	6+ years