Martin Blank (playwright)

Martin Blank is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer.

Blank was born in Bethesda, Maryland, where he attended Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. He attended the University of Maryland and the Yale School of Drama. He married Penelope Leah Perlman in 2003.

Two of Blank's plays were produced Off Broadway: The Law of Return at the Fourth Street Theatre, and Avenue of Americas at The Tank Theater.

The Law of Return is a political thriller inspired by the real-life case involving Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Israel. In 2017, he was developing a screenplay of The Law of Return for producers Rory Koslow and Gail Berman of The Jackal Group.