Julie Martin is an Americantelevision writer andproducer. She has worked on theNBC crime dramasHomicide: Life on the Street,Law & Order: Criminal Intent,Law & Order andLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit. She won aHumanitas Prize and was nominated for aWriters Guild of America Award for her work onHomicide.^[1][2] She has also been nominated for anEdgar Award for her work onCriminal Intent.^[3]

Martin currently serves as an executive producer onSVU, a role she has held since at least 2016. She originally joined the show in 2011.^[4]

Julie Martin's writing career began at UCLA, where she was originally enrolled to study medicine. Although she changed majors, she used some of her background when working as a researcher.^[5] It was during her first job working onSt. Elsewhere that she metTom Fontana with whom she'd frequently work throughout her writing career andBruce Paltrow. Paltrow hired her to work on his next project,Home Fires.^[5]

Martin began her television career as a writer for the seventh season of legal dramaLA Law in 1992. She wrote or co-wrote six episodes for the season and was hired as a story editor for the eighth season in 1993 during which she wrote or co-wrote a further eight episodes. The series was canceled after completing its eighth season. Martin contributed to fourteen episodes in total as a writer.^{[citation needed]}

Following the conclusion ofLA Law, Martin was hired as a story editor and writer for thethird season ofHomicide: Life on the Street in 1994. She co-wrote seven episodes for the third season. Staff writerBonnie Mark wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fits Like a Glove" from a story by Martin and executive producer and show runnerTom Fontana. Mark, Fontana and Martin were nominated for aWriters Guild of America Award forepisodic drama at theFebruary 1996 ceremony for writing "Fits Like a Glove".^[2] She became a producer for thefourth season in 1995.

In 1996, Martin collaborated with Fontana as a co-writer and producer on the television featureThe Prosecutors. The project was co-written by Fontana and novelistLynda La Plante. The film focused on a team of female prosecuting attorneys and starredStockard Channing andMichelle Forbes.

Martin became a supervising producer for thefifth season ofHomicide in Fall 1996. She co-wrote ten episodes for the fifth season. She remained a supervising producer for thesixth season and wrote or co-wrote a further nine episodes. She was promoted again to co-executive producer for theseventh and final season in 1998.^[6] She contributed to a further four episodes as a writer for the season and in 1999 Martin, English and Simon won aHumanitas Prize in the 60 minutes category for their work on "Shades of Gray".^[1] Martin contributed to 32 episodes as a writer over the course of the series.

In 2002, Martin collaborated withTom Fontana on the cable television pilotBaseball Wives for HBO. She served as a co-writer (withLisa Randolph) and co-executive producer on the project, which is where she met Warren Leight with whom she later worked onCriminal Intent andSVU.^[5] The pilot was directed bySteve Buscemi. It was produced byHBO but was not ordered to series.

In 2004, Martin worked as a writer for the newFox legal dramaThe Jury. The series was created by herHomicide colleagues Fontana,James Yoshimura andBarry Levinson. The series featured a constantly changing cast as it focused on jury deliberations for a different trial each episode. Martin wrote the teleplay for the episode "Memories" from a story by Fontana and Yoshimura. The series was canceled after ten episodes.

She co-created the college dramaThe Bedford Diaries in 2006 with Fontana. She worked as an executive producer and writer for the project. The show focused on classmates at New York City college. Martin contributed to five episodes as a writer. Fontana and Martin co-wrote the pilot episode "I'm Gonna Love College". Martin and Fontana co-wrote the story for four further episodes. The series aired as a mid-season replacement and was canceled after airing eight episodes.

She became a consulting producer and writer for thesixth season ofNBC proceduralLaw & Order: Criminal Intent in 2006. Martin co-wrote eight episodes for the series' sixth season. Martin became a co-executive producer for the seriesseventh season in 2007. The series moved from NBC onto theUSA network for the seventh season. Martin co-wrote a further eight episodes for the season. In 2008 Martin, Byrne andWarren Leight were nominated for anEdgar Award for best television episode for their work on "Senseless".^[3] Martin left the crew ofCriminal Intent after the seventh season.

In 2008, Martin was hired as a co-executive producer and writer for the new NBC dramaKings. Martin wrote the episode "Judgement Day" which was directed byHomicide starClark Johnson. She co-wrote the story for the series finale withErik Oleson, series creatorMichael Green andDavid Schulner co-wrote the teleplay for the finale, entitled "The New King: Part Two". The series aired as a mid-season replacement in 2009 and was canceled after airing eleven episodes.

In 2009, she produced and directed the documentaryDavid Tudor Bandoneón! (A Combine). The film chronicled an innovative music performance by composerDavid Tudor in 1966.

In fall 2009, Martin became a consulting producer and writer for thetwentieth season ofLaw & Order. Martin contributed to five episodes of the season as a writer.

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