Terry Cafolla

Terry Cafolla
Born1969 (age 51–52)
Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityNorthern Ireland
GenreDrama, Crime
Notable worksLaw and Order: UK,
Holy Cross
Notable awardsGolden FIPA

Terry Cafolla is a Northern Irish screenwriter.

Early life

Terry Cafolla was born in Armagh in 1969. He left Armagh to study at Queen's University, where he completed a degree in Philosophy and Russian studies before subsequently obtaining an MA in Poetry. After leaving college, following a short spell on a media-training course, Cafolla secured a one-year contract with a Belfast film collective.[1] Cafolla himself cites the fact that both poetry and American TV drama had a large influence over him in his adolescence, despite the fact that "TV never seemed an option for somebody from Armagh".[2]

Career

His first television drama Holy Cross (2003) examined the emotive events which occurred on Belfast’s Ardoyne Road in 2001 and signalled the emergence of a television writer of skill and sensitivity.[1] This first foray into television drama earned Cafolla a BAFTA nomination for best new Drama, and a Golden FIPA award for best screenplay.[3] Cafolla has since contributed to the TV drama Messiah and has written episodes for both series of Law & Order: UK, a British adaptation of the long-running US crime series. Other notable work includes a drama-documentary on the life of George Best, and an episode of the TV fantasy series, Camelot.

He wrote The Whale, a television film starring Martin Sheen that aired on BBC One in 2014.[4] He wrote an episode of the historical drama Britannia in 2017.[5]

References
  1. Jones, Francis. "Terry Cafolla". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. "Interview with Terry Cafolla". Script-consultant.co.uk. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. "Terry Cafolla Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/a5fbb77c-81ef-3563-9d4f-9e64d07c38de
  5. https://deadline.com/2016/04/kelly-reilly-in-talks-to-board-britannia-event-tv-series-sky-1201735338/
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