Martyn Auty

{{Short description|English film and television producer}}

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Martyn Auty (born July 1951 in Yorkshire) is an English film and television producer. He attended the University of Hull and graduated in 1972. He began his career as a film critic for Time Out and The Monthly Film Bulletin.

Auty is most famous for his series producing, having worked on Heartbeat and A Touch of Frost{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/profile--fools-if-you-think-its-over-1277439.html|title=PROFILE : FOOLS IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER|last=Rampton|first=James|date=8 February 1997|work=The Independent|accessdate=12 February 2011}} during the 1990s, however, he has also worked on a variety of other styles of programme. These include Lenny Live and Unleashed,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/80302/lenny-live-and-unleashed.html|title=Lenny Live and Unleashed|magazine=Time Out|accessdate=12 February 2011}} Soul Survivors, and A Gentleman's Relish. The latter, which starred Billy Connolly, was made for the BBC in 2001. Auty returned to shooting a new series of A Touch of Frost in 2009.

Auty has also ventured into making motion pictures, having produced A Foreign Field (1993), Heidi (2005), and most recently Ways to Live Forever (2010).{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/aug/21/features.review6|title=Heidi|last=French|first=Philip|date=21 August 2005|work=The Guardian|accessdate=12 February 2011}}