Terry Cafolla is a

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Early life

Terry Cafolla was born in

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in 1969. He left Armagh to study at Queen's University, where he completed a degree in Philosophy and Russian studies before subsequently obtaining an MA in Poetry. After leaving college, following a short spell on a media-training course, Cafolla secured a one-year contract with a

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film collective. Cafolla himself cites the fact that both poetry and American TV drama had a large influence over him in his adolescence, despite the fact that "TV never seemed an option for somebody from Armagh".

Career

His first television drama ''Holy Cross'' (2003) examined the emotive events which occurred on Belfast’s Ardoyne Road in 2001 and signalled the emergence of a television writer of skill and sensitivity. This first foray into television drama earned Cafolla a BAFTA nomination for best new Drama, and a Golden FIPA award for best screenplay. Cafolla has since contributed to the TV drama ''

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'' and has written episodes for both series of '' Law & Order: UK'', a British adaptation of the long-running US crime series. Other notable work includes a drama-documentary on the life of

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, and an episode of the TV fantasy series,

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. He wrote ''

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'', a television film starring

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that aired on

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in 2014. He wrote an episode of the historical drama ''

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'' in 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cafolla, Terry Living people 1969 births British male screenwriters British television writers British male television writers Television writers from Northern Ireland Screenwriters from Northern Ireland Male writers from Northern Ireland