Jean-Pierre Martinez
- Writer
Jean-Pierre Martinez is a French playwright and scriptwriter. He was born in 1955 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. He wrote 50 comedies (Vendredi 13, Strip Poker, or Elle et Lui), one of them, Him and Her, translated in English. Jean-Pierre Martinez experienced first the stage as a drummer in various rock bands, before to become a semiologist in the field of advertising. He worked afterwards as television scriptwriter, and came back to the stage as a playwright. Today he is among the most played contemporaries playwrights in France, and several of his plays have already been translated in Spanish and English. He graduated in Spanish and English literature (Sorbonne), in linguistics (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales), in economics (Institut d'Études Politique de Paris) and scriptwriting (Conservatoire Européen d'Ecriture Audiovisuelle).
