---
name: "Martin Donovan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-donovan-1495632"
fi1m_id: "martin-donovan-1495632"
imdb_id: "nm0233026"
tmdb_id: 1495632
wikidata_id: "Q61867559"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T22:08:17.629320+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Martin Donovan

## Identity

Martin Donovan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-donovan-1495632
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-donovan-1495632
- **IMDb ID:** nm0233026
- **TMDB ID:** 1495632
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61867559
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Donovan_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61867559, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233026/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1495632

Writer. Born 21 January 1950 in Buenos Aires.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 January 1950, Buenos Aires
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Donovan_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61867559, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233026/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1495632

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Death Becomes Her*](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md) (76)

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## Biography

Martin Donovan (born Carlos Enrique Varela y Peralta Ramos, 21 January 1950) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director. He began his career in Italy, assisting Luchino Visconti and appearing in films including Federico Fellini's *Satyricon* (1969). He later moved to England, where he worked in theatre and as a writer and script consultant on British and American television series.

Donovan is known for co-writing and directing the cult film *Apartment Zero* (1989) and for co-writing the screenplay for *Death Becomes Her* (1992) with David Koepp. He also provided additional dialogue for *Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont* (2005). His other directorial credits include *State of Wonder* (1984) and *Somebody Is Waiting* (1996). He has received awards including the Special Jury Prize and Critics Award at the Cognac Festival du Film Policier and the Golden Space Needle Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont* (2005), Dialogue
- *Somebody Is Waiting* (1996), Director, Writer
- *French Exit* (1995), as Party Goer
- *The Substitute* (1993), Director
- *Mad at the Moon* (1992), Writer, Director
- *Inside Out 3* (1992), Director
- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Inside Out 2* (1992), Director
- *Death Dreams* (1991), Director
- *Seeds of Tragedy* (1991), Director
- *Julia Has Two Lovers* (1990), as Freddy
- *Apartment Zero* (1989), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
- *State of Wonder* (1984), as Father Daniel · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Loving Couples* (1980), Screenplay
- *The Courtship of Eddie's Father* (1969), series, Writer

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