Andy Martin (author)

Andy Martin in November 2009

Andy Martin is a British author and academic. He is a regular contributor to BBC radio programmes and sometimes writes for "The Stone" and "Opinionator" columns in The New York Times.[1] He has also written articles for the web broadcasting service SBS Broadcasting Group. He scripted and produced the short film "Once Upon a Time in New York" in collaboration with Moving Content[2] and likewise "MML the Movie: Languages at Cambridge", directed by Will Frears with Norman Lomax.[3] Both films feature original soundtracks by brothers Jack and Spencer Martin. He is the inventor of Becksistentialism ("Existentialism with a very cool haircut"), inspired by David Beckham's stint at Paris St Germain in 2013 and featured at Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas.[4] His essay "The FBI Files on Being and Nothingness" was published by Prospect Magazine and based on a lecture given at the Maison française, Columbia University, New York, as part of its centenary celebrations.[5]

  1. ^ Andy Martin (10 August 2010). "The Phenomenology of Ugly". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Once Upon a Time in New York". Vimeo.
  3. ^ "MML The Movie: Languages at Cambridge". YouTube. A short film about what it feels like to study Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. An impressionist take on the subjective and intellectual experience of being a student. From lecture hall to ball. The film shows how contemporary student lives are interwoven with the thoughts of great writers and linguists from Dante and Baudelaire to Chomsky and Roman Jakobson. MML the Movie was made by a team of MML students and faculty in collaboration with Will Frears and Norman Lomax. Produced by Andy Martin and Sarah Winfield.
  4. ^ David Cornejo (17 July 2013). "Becksistentialism". University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ Andy Martin (19 November 2013). "The FBI files on being and nothingness". Prospect Magazine.