Leopold Samuel Marks (24 September 1920 – 15 January 2001),
MBE, was an English
cryptographer during the
Second World War. He headed the codes office supporting resistance agents in occupied Europe for the secret
Special Operations Executive organisation. After the war, Marks became a playwright and screenwriter, writing scripts that frequently utilised his war-time cryptographic experiences. He wrote the script for
Peeping Tom, the controversial film directed by
Michael Powell which had a disastrous effect on Powell's career, but has subsequently been described by
Martin Scorsese as a masterpiece. In 1998, towards the end of his life, Marks published a personal history of his experiences during the war,
Between Silk and Cyanide, which was critical of the leadership of SOE.