Ian is an Emmy and WGA award winning writer. He was nominated for two BAFTAs and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for co-writing the feature film The Death of Stalin for Armando Iannucci. The film opened TIFF and was a Spotlight film at Sundance and a huge success at the box office. Ian also won an Emmy and two WGA awards for his writing on Armando Iannucci's Veep where he wrote across 5 series. He was also a core member of all series of the BAFTA winning comedy series The Thick of It (and was the ""swearing consultant"" as well!), and wrote additional material on feature film In the Loop. He also wrote across the first and second series of Avenue 5 for HBO.
He has produced a traumatically funny book that takes its place in the noble and historic pantheon of British political satire. Unhinged is a welcome and convincing alternative to the ordeal of Unleashed, for which a nation and particularly its book reviewers are profoundly grateful * New European * 'From the pen of the genius Ian Martin - I cannot tell you how f***king funny is it' * John Niven * Laughed so much I nearly forgot the last eight years! * Otto English *