Julie Martin (writer)
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Julie Martin is an American television writer
and producer
. She has worked on the NBC crime dramas Homicide: Life on the Street
and Law & Order: Criminal Intent
. She won a Humanitas Prize
and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award
for her work on Homicide. She has also been nominated for an Edgar Award
for her work on Criminal Intent.
and Terry Louise Fisher
. She wrote or co-wrote six episodes for the season; "Wine Knot", "Christmas Stalking" (with co-executive producers John Masius
and John Tinker
), "Bare Witness", "That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp" (with executive producer William M. Finkelstein
, Paul Manning
and Peter Schneider), "Vindaloo in the Villows" (with co-producer Anne Kenney
and Manning) and "Bourbon Cowboy" (with Kenney and Manning). She was hired as a story editor for the eighth season in 1993. She wrote or co-wrote a further eight episodes for the season; "Leap of Faith" (with Finkelstein and Manning), "Foreign Co-respondent" (with Finkelstein and Manning), "Eli's Gumming" (with Kenney and Manning), "Rhyme and Punishment" (with Finkelstein), "Silence Is Golden" (with executive consultant Paul Haggis
), "How Am I Driving?" (with Finkelstein and Haggis), "Whistle Stop" (with Haggis, Kenney and Manning) and co-wrote the teleplay for the series finale "Finish Line" with Manning and Schneider from a story by Finkelstein, Haggis and Kenney. The series was canceled after completing its eighth season. Martin contributed to fourteen episodes in total as a writer.
Following the conclusion of LA Law Martin was hired as a story editor and writer for the third season
of Homicide: Life on the Street
in 1994. The series focused on a single squad of Homicide detectives in Baltimore, Maryland. She co-wrote seven episodes for the third season. Staff writer Bonnie Mark
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fits Like a Glove" from a story by Martin and executive producer and show runner Tom Fontana
. Mark, Fontana and Martin were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award
for episodic drama at the February 1996 ceremony for writing "Fits Like a Glove". She wrote the teleplay for the episode "Happy to Be Here" from a story she co-wrote with Fontana. David Rupel
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Partners" from a story by Martin and Fontana. She co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "The City That Bleeds" with fellow story editor Jorge Zamacona
for a story by Mark and executive story editor James Yoshimura
. She co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Dead End" with Zamacona from a story by Yoshimura. She co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Law and Disorder" with Mark from a story by Yoshimura and co-executive producer Henry Bromell
. Novelist Jane Smiley
wrote the teleplay for the episode "In Search of Crimes Past" from a story by Martin and Bromell. She became a producer for the fourth season
in 1995. She co-wrote two episodes for the fourth season. She wrote the teleplay for the season premiere "Fire: Part 1" from a story by Fontana and Bromell. She wrote the episode "Requiem for Adena".
In 1996 Martin collaborated with Fontana as a co-writer and producer on the television feature The Prosecutors. The project was co-written by Fontana and novelist Lynda La Plante
. The film focused on a team of female prosecuting attorneys and starred Stockard Channing
and Michelle Forbes
.
Martin became a supervising producer for the fifth season
of Homicide in Fall 1996. She co-wrote ten episodes for the fifth season. Yoshimura wrote the teleplay for the season premiere "Hostage: Part 1" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Martin wrote the teleplay for the episode "Hostage: Part 2" from a story by Fontana and Yoshimura. Staff writer and non-fiction author David Simon
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Bad Medicine" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Simon wrote the book that formed the basis for the television series. Susan Sisko and Les Carter co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Control" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Gay Walch wrote the teleplay for the episode "Betrayal" from a story by Fontana and Martin. Christopher Kyle wrote the teleplay for the episode "Diener" from a story by Fontana and Martin. Anya Epstein and Simon co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Wu's on First?" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Linda McGibney wrote the teleplay for the episode "Kaddish" from a story by Martin, Yoshimura and Ron Goldstein. Debbie Sarjeant wrote the teleplay for the episode "Deception" from a story by Fontana, Martin and Yoshimura. Martin co-wrote the penultimate episode "Partners and Other Strangers" with staff writer Darryl Wharton and Epstein. She remained a supervising producer for the sixth season
and wrote or co-wrote a further nine episodes. Epstein wrote the teleplay for the season opener "Blood Ties: Part 1
" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Epstein and Simon co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Blood Ties: Part 3" from a story by Martin, Fontana and Yoshimura. She wrote the episode "Birthday" solo. Simon and Rafael Alvarez
wrote the teleplay for the episode "All Is Bright" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Kyle wrote the teleplay for the episode "Closet Cases" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Wharton wrote the teleplay for the episode "Sins of the Father" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Staff writer Sean Whitesell
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Pit Bull Sessions" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Martin co-wrote the episode "Abduction" with Epstein. McGibney co-wrote the episode "Strangled, Not Stirred" from a story by Martin and Epstein.
She was promoted again to co-executive producer for the seventh and final season
in 1998. She contributed to a further four episodes as a writer for the season. She wrote the episode "Brotherly Love". Joy Lusco Kecken wrote the teleplay for the episode "Kellerman, P.I.: Part 1" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. T. J. English
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Shades of Gray" from a story by Martin and Simon. In 1999 Martin, English and Simon won a Humanitas Prize
in the 60 minutes category for their work on "Shades of Gray". Lloyd Rose
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Zen and the Art of Murder
" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Homicide was canceled after completing its seventh season in 1999. Martin contributed to 32 episodes as a writer over the course of the series.
on the cable television pilot Baseball Wives
for HBO. She served as a co-writer (with Lisa Randolph) and co-executive producer on the project. The pilot was directed by Steve Buscemi
. It was produced by HBO but was not ordered to series.
In 2004 Martin worked as a writer for the new Fox
legal drama The Jury
. The series was created by her Homicide colleagues Fontana, James Yoshimura
and Barry Levinson
. The series featured a constantly changing cast as it focused on jury deliberations for a different trial each episode. Martin wrote the teleplay for the episode "Memories" from a story by Fontana and Yoshimura. The series was canceled after ten episodes.
She co-created the college drama The Bedford Diaries
in 2006 with Fontana. She worked as an executive producer and writer for the project. The show focused on classmates at New York City college. Martin contributed to five episodes as a writer. Fontana and Martin co-wrote the pilot episode "I'm Gonna Love College". Martin and Fontana co-wrote the story for four further episodes; "Tell Me No Secrets" (teleplay by Bradford Winters), "Love and the Tenth Planet" (teleplay by Jessica Brickman), "The Passion of the Beaver" (teleplay by Jason Yoshimura) and series finale "Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" (teleplay by Lyle Weldon). The series aired as a mid-season replacement and was canceled after airing eight episodes.
She became a consulting producer and writer for the sixth season
of NBC
procedural Law & Order: Criminal Intent
in 2006. The series was created by Dick Wolf
and Rene Balcer
and is a spin-off from Wolf's earlier series Law & Order
. Criminal Intent follows the Major Case Squad of the New York City police department through an investigation in each episode. Martin co-wrote eight episodes for the series sixth season. Martin co-wrote the story (with head writer Warren Leight
) and wrote the teleplay for the episode "Siren Call
". Stephanie Sengupta
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Bedfellows
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Diana Son wrote the teleplay for the episode "The War at Home
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Jacquelyn Reingold wrote the teleplay for the episode "World's Fair
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Martin, Leight and Siobhan Byrne co-wrote the episode "Privilege
". Byrne wrote the teleplay for the episode "Rocket Man
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Brant Englestein wrote the teleplay for the episode "Bombshell
" from a story by Martin and Leight. Leight, Martin and Kate Rorick co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Endgame
" from a story by Leight and Rorick. Martin became a co-executive producer for the series seventh season
in 2007. The series moved from NBC onto the USA network
for the seventh season. Martin co-wrote a further eight episodes for the season. Reingold wrote the teleplay for the episode "Lonelyville
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Son wrote the teleplay for the episode "Depths
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Martin co-wrote the episode "Courtship
" with Leight. Rorick wrote the teleplay for the episode "Offense
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin. Martin and Byrne co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Senseless
" from a story Byrne co-wrote with Leight. In 2008 Martin, Byrne and Leight were nominated for an Edgar Award
for best television episode for their work on "Senseless". Martin co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Assassin
" with Homicide veteran Eric Overmyer
based on a story she co-wrote with Leight. Martin wrote the teleplay for the episode "Ten Count" from a story she co-wrote with Leight. Martin and Rorick co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Frame
" from a story by Leight. Martin left the crew of Criminal Intent after the seventh season.
In 2008 Martin was hired as a co-executive producer and writer for the new NBC drama Kings
. The series' narrative is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, but set in a kingdom that culturally and technologically resembles the present-day United States. Martin wrote the episode "Judgement Day" which was directed by Homicide star Clark Johnson
. She co-wrote the story for series finale with Erik Oleson, series creator Michael Green
and David Schulner
co-wrote the teleplay for the finale, entitled "The New King: Part Two". The series aired as a mid-season replacement in 2009 and was canceled after airing eleven episodes.
In 2009 she produced and directed the documentary David Tudor Bandoneon! (A Combine). The film chronicled an innovative music performance by composer David Tudor
in 1966.
In fall 2009 Martin became a consulting producer and writer for the twentieth season of Law & Order. The series focuses on criminal investigations and follows them through to the court verdict. Martin contributed to five episodes of the season as a writer. She co-wrote the episodes "Dignity", "Shotgun", "Innocence
" and "Immortal" with Richard Sweren and co-wrote the episode "Steel-Eyed Death
" with Sweren and Christopher Ambrose.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. She has worked on the NBC crime dramas Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...
and Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
. She won a Humanitas Prize
Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious...
and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
for her work on Homicide. She has also been nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for her work on Criminal Intent.
1990s
Martin began her television career as a writer for the seventh season of legal drama LA Law in 1992. The series presented topical storylines by following a Los Angeles law firm and was created by Steven BochcoSteven Bochco
Steven Ronald Bochco is a US television producer and writer. He has developed a number of popular television hits including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue, as well as some notable flops such as Cop Rock....
and Terry Louise Fisher
Terry Louise Fisher
Terry Louise Fisher is an Emmy Award-winning American television producer, screenwriter and novelist.-Early career:...
. She wrote or co-wrote six episodes for the season; "Wine Knot", "Christmas Stalking" (with co-executive producers John Masius
John Masius
John Masius is an American writer and producer of television series, credited for creating the series Touched by an Angel , Providence and HawthoRNe ....
and John Tinker
John Tinker (producer)
John Tinker is an Emmy award winning American television producer and writer. Tinker is the co-creator of the CBS drama Judging Amy, and has been an executive producer and writer on American television shows such as the CBS drama Chicago Hope, the ABC drama The Practice, and the NBC drama The Book...
), "Bare Witness", "That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp" (with executive producer William M. Finkelstein
William M. Finkelstein
William M. Finkelstein is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor and television director. He has worked as a writer and producer on Law & Order, Brooklyn South, Murder One, L.A. Law, Cop Rock and NYPD Blue. He co-created Brooklyn South with frequent collaborators David Milch, Steven...
, Paul Manning
Paul Manning (TV producer)
Paul Manning was an American television producer and writer. Manning started as a writer on LA Law. He won an Emmy award for Outstanding Drama Series in 1996 for his work on. ER.-References:...
and Peter Schneider), "Vindaloo in the Villows" (with co-producer Anne Kenney
Anne Kenney
Anne Kenney is an American television writer and producer. She is an executive producer and writer for Greek. She worked extensively on L.A. Law in both capacities. Her other television credits include Family Law, Beautiful People, The Division, ER and Hellcats.-External links:...
and Manning) and "Bourbon Cowboy" (with Kenney and Manning). She was hired as a story editor for the eighth season in 1993. She wrote or co-wrote a further eight episodes for the season; "Leap of Faith" (with Finkelstein and Manning), "Foreign Co-respondent" (with Finkelstein and Manning), "Eli's Gumming" (with Kenney and Manning), "Rhyme and Punishment" (with Finkelstein), "Silence Is Golden" (with executive consultant Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggis is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, and director. He spent his early career producing and directing various American and Canadian television network series.-Early life and education:...
), "How Am I Driving?" (with Finkelstein and Haggis), "Whistle Stop" (with Haggis, Kenney and Manning) and co-wrote the teleplay for the series finale "Finish Line" with Manning and Schneider from a story by Finkelstein, Haggis and Kenney. The series was canceled after completing its eighth season. Martin contributed to fourteen episodes in total as a writer.
Following the conclusion of LA Law Martin was hired as a story editor and writer for the third season
Homicide: Life on the Street (season 3)
The third season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from 1994-10-14 to 1995-05-05 and contained 20 episodes. It was the first full season of episodes.The third season marked the debut of character Lt...
of Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...
in 1994. The series focused on a single squad of Homicide detectives in Baltimore, Maryland. She co-wrote seven episodes for the third season. Staff writer Bonnie Mark
Bonnie Mark
Bonnie Mark is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue and the NBC crime dramas Third Watch and Homicide: Life on the Street...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fits Like a Glove" from a story by Martin and executive producer and show runner Tom Fontana
Tom Fontana
Tom Fontana is an American writer and producer.-TV career:Fontana has been a writer/producer for such series as Oz , The Jury, The Beat, The Bedford Diaries, Homicide: Life on the Street, St...
. Mark, Fontana and Martin were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
for episodic drama at the February 1996 ceremony for writing "Fits Like a Glove". She wrote the teleplay for the episode "Happy to Be Here" from a story she co-wrote with Fontana. David Rupel
David Rupel
David Rupel is an American television soap opera script writer. Rupel is a graduate of Indiana University, with a BA in Communications, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.-Positions held:General Hospital* Breakdown Writer: 1998 - 2001Guiding Light...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Partners" from a story by Martin and Fontana. She co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "The City That Bleeds" with fellow story editor Jorge Zamacona
Jorge Zamacona
Jorge Zamacona is an American television writer and producer. He worked extensively on the police drama Homicide: Life on the Street and wrote the series cross-over episodes with the crime drama Law & Order...
for a story by Mark and executive story editor James Yoshimura
James Yoshimura
James Yoshimura is a Japanese American writer and producer, best known for his screenwriting work on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street and the short-lived Fox series The Jury, for which he served as a co-creator. He also co-wrote Homicide: The Movie, a made-for-television film that came...
. She co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Dead End" with Zamacona from a story by Yoshimura. She co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Law and Disorder" with Mark from a story by Yoshimura and co-executive producer Henry Bromell
Henry Bromell
Henry Bromell is an American author, screenwriter, and director.Bromell attended Eaglebrook School and the United World College of the Atlantic . He graduated from Amherst College in 1970. He won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award for his first novel, The Slightest Distance...
. Novelist Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.-Biography:Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. She obtained an A.B. at Vassar College, then earned an M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "In Search of Crimes Past" from a story by Martin and Bromell. She became a producer for the fourth season
Homicide: Life on the Street (season 4)
The fourth season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from 1995-10-20 to 1996-05-17 and contained 22 episodes....
in 1995. She co-wrote two episodes for the fourth season. She wrote the teleplay for the season premiere "Fire: Part 1" from a story by Fontana and Bromell. She wrote the episode "Requiem for Adena".
In 1996 Martin collaborated with Fontana as a co-writer and producer on the television feature The Prosecutors. The project was co-written by Fontana and novelist Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante, CBE is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series....
. The film focused on a team of female prosecuting attorneys and starred Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for her portrayal of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing; for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; and for her role as Ouisa Kittredge in the play Six Degrees of Separation and its...
and Michelle Forbes
Michelle Forbes
Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo , known professionally as Michelle Forbes, is an American actress who has built a career of work in television and independent film and has acted in productions in both the United States and in the United Kingdom...
.
Martin became a supervising producer for the fifth season
Homicide: Life on the Street (season 5)
The fifth season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from 1996-09-20 to 1997-05-16 and contained 22 episodes. A new opening sequence debuted with the start of this season, including elements of a police investigation and a growing chatter of...
of Homicide in Fall 1996. She co-wrote ten episodes for the fifth season. Yoshimura wrote the teleplay for the season premiere "Hostage: Part 1" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Martin wrote the teleplay for the episode "Hostage: Part 2" from a story by Fontana and Yoshimura. Staff writer and non-fiction author David Simon
David Simon
David Simon is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years. He wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood with Ed Burns...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Bad Medicine" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Simon wrote the book that formed the basis for the television series. Susan Sisko and Les Carter co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Control" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Gay Walch wrote the teleplay for the episode "Betrayal" from a story by Fontana and Martin. Christopher Kyle wrote the teleplay for the episode "Diener" from a story by Fontana and Martin. Anya Epstein and Simon co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Wu's on First?" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Linda McGibney wrote the teleplay for the episode "Kaddish" from a story by Martin, Yoshimura and Ron Goldstein. Debbie Sarjeant wrote the teleplay for the episode "Deception" from a story by Fontana, Martin and Yoshimura. Martin co-wrote the penultimate episode "Partners and Other Strangers" with staff writer Darryl Wharton and Epstein. She remained a supervising producer for the sixth season
Homicide: Life on the Street (season 6)
The sixth season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from 1997-10-17 to 1998-05-08 and contained 23 episodes....
and wrote or co-wrote a further nine episodes. Epstein wrote the teleplay for the season opener "Blood Ties: Part 1
Blood Ties (Homicide: Life on the Street)
"Blood Ties" is the three-episode sixth season premiere of the American police drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street. The episodes constitute the 78th, 79th and 80th overall episodes of the series...
" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Epstein and Simon co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Blood Ties: Part 3" from a story by Martin, Fontana and Yoshimura. She wrote the episode "Birthday" solo. Simon and Rafael Alvarez
Rafael Alvarez
Rafael Alvarez is an American journalist, author and television producer and writer. Alvarez worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun prior to starting a career in television. He has worked as a writer and story editor on the Home Box Office drama series The Wire and a writer and producer on the...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "All Is Bright" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Kyle wrote the teleplay for the episode "Closet Cases" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Wharton wrote the teleplay for the episode "Sins of the Father" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Staff writer Sean Whitesell
Sean Whitesell
Sean Whitesell is an American film and television actor, who is also a television writer and producer. He studied acting at the University of California in San Diego, where he received an MFA in acting...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Pit Bull Sessions" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. Martin co-wrote the episode "Abduction" with Epstein. McGibney co-wrote the episode "Strangled, Not Stirred" from a story by Martin and Epstein.
She was promoted again to co-executive producer for the seventh and final season
Homicide: Life on the Street (season 7)
The seventh season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from 1998-09-25 to 1999-05-21 and contained 22 episodes....
in 1998. She contributed to a further four episodes as a writer for the season. She wrote the episode "Brotherly Love". Joy Lusco Kecken wrote the teleplay for the episode "Kellerman, P.I.: Part 1" from a story by Martin and Yoshimura. T. J. English
T. J. English
T. J. English is an Irish American author and journalist known primarily for his non-fiction books about organized crime, criminal justice and the American underworld.- Biography :...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Shades of Gray" from a story by Martin and Simon. In 1999 Martin, English and Simon won a Humanitas Prize
Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious...
in the 60 minutes category for their work on "Shades of Gray". Lloyd Rose
Lloyd Rose
Lloyd Rose is an American writer most associated with her work on various Doctor Who spin-offs. She has also written for the American television series Homicide: Life on the Street and Kingpin...
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Zen and the Art of Murder
Zen and the Art of Murder
"Zen and the Art of Murder" is an episode of the seventh season of the American police drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street. It originally aired on NBC on April 2, 1999. The episode was written by Lloyd Rose and directed by Miguel Arteta...
" from a story by Martin and Fontana. Homicide was canceled after completing its seventh season in 1999. Martin contributed to 32 episodes as a writer over the course of the series.
2000s
In 2002 Martin collaborated with Tom FontanaTom Fontana
Tom Fontana is an American writer and producer.-TV career:Fontana has been a writer/producer for such series as Oz , The Jury, The Beat, The Bedford Diaries, Homicide: Life on the Street, St...
on the cable television pilot Baseball Wives
Baseball Wives
Baseball Wives is a reality series. Created by Vh1 and set in Scottsdale, Arizona, the home of baseball's spring training, the show features the wives and girlfriends of talented baseball players from various teams....
for HBO. She served as a co-writer (with Lisa Randolph) and co-executive producer on the project. The pilot was directed by Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
. It was produced by HBO but was not ordered to series.
In 2004 Martin worked as a writer for the new Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
legal drama The Jury
The Jury (TV series)
The Jury is an American legal drama television series that was broadcast by the Fox Network in 2004. Each week, in the same New York City courtroom, a new 12-person jury deliberates over a criminal case...
. The series was created by her Homicide colleagues Fontana, James Yoshimura
James Yoshimura
James Yoshimura is a Japanese American writer and producer, best known for his screenwriting work on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street and the short-lived Fox series The Jury, for which he served as a co-creator. He also co-wrote Homicide: The Movie, a made-for-television film that came...
and Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His films include Good Morning, Vietnam, Sleepers and Rain Man.-Early life:...
. The series featured a constantly changing cast as it focused on jury deliberations for a different trial each episode. Martin wrote the teleplay for the episode "Memories" from a story by Fontana and Yoshimura. The series was canceled after ten episodes.
She co-created the college drama The Bedford Diaries
The Bedford Diaries
The Bedford Diaries is an American television series that premiered March 29, 2006 on The WB and concluded its first season on May 10, 2006. It was canceled on May 18, 2006. The series was created by Tom Fontana and Julie Martin....
in 2006 with Fontana. She worked as an executive producer and writer for the project. The show focused on classmates at New York City college. Martin contributed to five episodes as a writer. Fontana and Martin co-wrote the pilot episode "I'm Gonna Love College". Martin and Fontana co-wrote the story for four further episodes; "Tell Me No Secrets" (teleplay by Bradford Winters), "Love and the Tenth Planet" (teleplay by Jessica Brickman), "The Passion of the Beaver" (teleplay by Jason Yoshimura) and series finale "Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" (teleplay by Lyle Weldon). The series aired as a mid-season replacement and was canceled after airing eight episodes.
She became a consulting producer and writer for the sixth season
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 6)
The sixth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered September 19, 2006 and ended May 21, 2007; this was the last season to air original episodes on NBC....
of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
procedural Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
in 2006. The series was created by Dick Wolf
Dick Wolf
Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolf is an American producer, specializing in crime dramas such as Miami Vice and the Law & Order franchise. Throughout his career he has won several awards including an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-Early life:Wolf was born in New York City, the son...
and Rene Balcer
René Balcer
René Balcer is a Canadian television writer, director and producer.-Early life:He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and attended Lower Canada College in Montreal. He earned his B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Communication Studies from Concordia University in 1978. He began his career as a journalist,...
and is a spin-off from Wolf's earlier series Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
. Criminal Intent follows the Major Case Squad of the New York City police department through an investigation in each episode. Martin co-wrote eight episodes for the series sixth season. Martin co-wrote the story (with head writer Warren Leight
Warren Leight
Warren Leight is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and television producer. He is best known for his work on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lights Out and the showrunner for In Treatment and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit....
) and wrote the teleplay for the episode "Siren Call
Siren Call
"Siren Call" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the brutal murder of a teenage girl in The Hamptons, found dead in her car in Queens after a night of partying...
". Stephanie Sengupta
Stephanie Sengupta
Stephanie SenGupta is an American producer and writer better known for her collaborations in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Paris enquêtes criminelles TV-series....
wrote the teleplay for the episode "Bedfellows
Bedfellows (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Bedfellows" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:Detectives Goren and Eames investigate a 911 call made by the son of a wealthy and prominent historian stating to operator that his parents will not wake up. The detectives arrive and find the...
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Diana Son wrote the teleplay for the episode "The War at Home
The War at Home (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"The War at Home" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are called to investigate when the daughter of the first deputy commissioner of the NYPD goes missing on Thanksgiving holiday...
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Jacquelyn Reingold wrote the teleplay for the episode "World's Fair
World's Fair (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"World's Fair" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Logan and Wheeler investigate the murder of a young Pakistani-American female college student, found slain in front of the Unisphere, which sparks racial violence...
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Martin, Leight and Siobhan Byrne co-wrote the episode "Privilege
Privilege (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Privilege" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a single mother found slain in her apartment. During the investigation, Goren and Eames learn the victim is a member of an...
". Byrne wrote the teleplay for the episode "Rocket Man
Rocket Man (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Rocket Man" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the death of a female astronaut who is found murdered in her hotel room on the morning of a press conference to promote an...
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Brant Englestein wrote the teleplay for the episode "Bombshell
Bombshell (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Bombshell" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Logan and Wheeler investigate when the adult son of a former stripper/model and a famous billionaire father is found dead of a methadone/anti-depressant overdose...
" from a story by Martin and Leight. Leight, Martin and Kate Rorick co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Endgame
Endgame (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Endgame" is a sixth season episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. This is the Goren/Eames finale of the sixth season.-Synopsis:As condemned serial killer Mark Ford Brady gets closer to his execution date, he asks to see Goren in hopes to extend his sentence and leads him to hidden scrapbooks...
" from a story by Leight and Rorick. Martin became a co-executive producer for the series seventh season
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 7)
The seventh season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered October 4, 2007 and the season ended August 24, 2008 on USA Network.The first ten episodes of the seventh season aired on Thursday night's at 10:00PM/9:00PM , filling a slot previously occupied by the first season of Burn Notice...
in 2007. The series moved from NBC onto the USA network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
for the seventh season. Martin co-wrote a further eight episodes for the season. Reingold wrote the teleplay for the episode "Lonelyville
Lonelyville (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Lonelyville" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:A woman murdered and tied with special knots sends Logan and Falacci to a writer profiling the singles scene.-Cast:-External links:**...
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Son wrote the teleplay for the episode "Depths
Depths (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Depths" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the murder of a diver of Middle Eastern descent washed ashore on Coney Island....
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin and Leight. Martin co-wrote the episode "Courtship
Courtship (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Courtship" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:Detectives Logan and Falacci investigate the shooting murder of the wife of a New York Supreme Court judge....
" with Leight. Rorick wrote the teleplay for the episode "Offense
Offense (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Offense" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Logan and Falacci investigate the death of a woman who turned out to have testified as a key witness in a rape case....
" from a story she co-wrote with Martin. Martin and Byrne co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Senseless
Senseless (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Senseless" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:The episode starts with a flashback to 1995 of two young boys in a barber shop....
" from a story Byrne co-wrote with Leight. In 2008 Martin, Byrne and Leight were nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for best television episode for their work on "Senseless". Martin co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Assassin
Assassin (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Assassin" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Logan and Wheeler investigate a murder attempt against a woman, shortly after returning to the United States from South Asia...
" with Homicide veteran Eric Overmyer
Eric Overmyer
Eric Overmyer is a writer and producer. He has written and/or produced numerous TV shows, including St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, The Wire, New Amsterdam, and Treme.-Biography:...
based on a story she co-wrote with Leight. Martin wrote the teleplay for the episode "Ten Count" from a story she co-wrote with Leight. Martin and Rorick co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Frame
Frame (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Frame" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot:In the Season 7 finale, Detective Goren brings flowers to his mother's grave and finds an old framed picture of him and his older brother Frank...
" from a story by Leight. Martin left the crew of Criminal Intent after the seventh season.
In 2008 Martin was hired as a co-executive producer and writer for the new NBC drama Kings
Kings (U.S. TV series)
Kings is an American television drama series which aired on NBC. The series' narrative is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, but set in a kingdom that culturally and technologically resembles the present-day United States....
. The series' narrative is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, but set in a kingdom that culturally and technologically resembles the present-day United States. Martin wrote the episode "Judgement Day" which was directed by Homicide star Clark Johnson
Clark Johnson
Clark Johnson , sometimes credited as Clark 'Slappy' Jackson, Clarque Johnson, and J. Clark Johnson, is an American actor and director who has worked in both television and film.-Early years:...
. She co-wrote the story for series finale with Erik Oleson, series creator Michael Green
Michael Green (writer)
Michael Green is an American television and film writer, as well as a comic book scripter. He grew up in Mamaroneck, New York.-Comic Books:Green has been a contributor for Superman/Batman. He also co-wrote the Green Lantern movie with Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, which was released in 2011...
and David Schulner
David Schulner
David Schulner is an American television writer and producer. He is the creator of the upcoming FOX drama The Oaks.- Writer :* The Event * Kings* The Oaks * Tell Me You Love Me...
co-wrote the teleplay for the finale, entitled "The New King: Part Two". The series aired as a mid-season replacement in 2009 and was canceled after airing eleven episodes.
In 2009 she produced and directed the documentary David Tudor Bandoneon! (A Combine). The film chronicled an innovative music performance by composer David Tudor
David Tudor
David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music.- Biography :Tudor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano with Irma Wolpe and composition with Stefan Wolpe and became known as one of the leading performers of avant garde piano music. He gave the...
in 1966.
In fall 2009 Martin became a consulting producer and writer for the twentieth season of Law & Order. The series focuses on criminal investigations and follows them through to the court verdict. Martin contributed to five episodes of the season as a writer. She co-wrote the episodes "Dignity", "Shotgun", "Innocence
Innocence (Law & Order)
"Innocence" is the sixteenth episode of the twentieth season of NBC's long-running legal drama Law & Order.-Plot:The detectives arrest a man who is tried and found guilty of killing a gay man as a hate crime...
" and "Immortal" with Richard Sweren and co-wrote the episode "Steel-Eyed Death
Steel-Eyed Death
"Steel-Eyed Death" is the thirteenth episode of the twentieth season of NBC's long-running legal drama Law & Order.-Plot:A family of four is found murdered in their home by a boy experiencing symptoms of a type of post-traumatic stress disorder...
" with Sweren and Christopher Ambrose.