Sean Martin (writer and director)
- Sean Martin (writer and director)
: "For the Canadian cartoonist, see Sean Martin (cartoonist)."
Sean Martin (b. in Weston-super-Mare, England in 1966) is an Anglo-Irish writer and film director. He has written popular books on the Knights Templar and the Cathars, and appeared on History Channel documentaries such as "Decoding the Past".
Martin studied film and history in Plymouth, and later lived in London. He is also a poet, and has had a number of poems published in various magazines in the UK and Ireland. Fact|date=March 2007 His latest book is "The Gnostics: The First Christian Heretics", on the subject of the early Christian Gnostics. [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article2347967.ece]
Works
*"The Knights Templar: The History and Myths of the Legendary Military Order", 2005. (ISBN 1-56025-645-1)
*"The Cathars" (ISBN 1-56025-674-5)
*"Andrei Tarkovsky" (ISBN 1-904048-49-8)
*"The Gnostics: The First Christian Heretics" (ISBN 1-904048-56-0)
Filmography
*"Mystery Play" (2001), a comic drama about the occult history of London, inspired by the work of Philip K. Dick, and also the "Dekalog" of Kryzstof Kieslowski. The film features an original score by key P.J.Harvey collaborator John Parish.
*"The Notebooks of Cornelius Crow" (2005), a psychological thriller about the occult history of London. Although given limited exposure when it was first released, the film has built up a cult followingFact|date=March 2007 and a DVD release is expected in 2007.
*"Genius Loci" (2006/07)"', a short documentary detailing the mysteries and famous characters associated with Weston-super-Mare. Part of the Super-8 Cities Project - DVD to be released in 2007.
External links
*imdb name|id=1459398|name=Sean Martin
* [http://www.sean-martin.net Official site]
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article2347967.ece Review of "Gnostics"] , "The Independent", March 11, 2007
*imdb title|0385910|The Notebooks of Cornelius Crow
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