Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 24, 1943
Place of Birth
Hastings, New Zealand
Credits
55 titles
Martin Campbell
Biography
Martin Campbell (born October 24, 1943) is a New Zealand director. Campbell is credited with rejuvenating the James Bond franchise when he directed GoldenEye (1995), Pierce Brosnan's first outing as the famed British spy, and Daniel Craig's debut Bond feature, Casino Royale (2006). Campbell moved to London where he began his career as a cameraman. He went on to produce the controversial British feature Scum (1979), as well as Black Joy (1977), which was selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Campbell made his directorial debut on the British police action series The Professionals (1977) and continued with the popular BBC series Shoestring (1979) and Thames TV's Minder (1979) Considered one of the U.K.'s top directors by the mid-'80s, he directed the highly praised British telefilm, Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983). For his work on Edge of Darkness (1985), a five-hour BBC miniseries about nuclear contamination in England that depicted murder and high-ranking corruption, he won six BAFTA awards. Campbell's first Hollywood movie was Criminal Law (1998) and he went on to direct Defenseless (1991) and No Escape (1994). Some of his American credits include directing HBO's Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) and two episodes of NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), among others. He also directed the epic romance Beyond Borders (2003) starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen.
Known For
Filmography
Just Play Dead
Director
Memory of a Killer
Executive Producer
Cleaner
Director
Dirty Angels
Director
Memory
Director
The Protégé
Director
The Foreigner
Director
Last Resort
Director
Green Lantern
Director
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Self
Edge of Darkness
Director
James Bond in the Bahamas
The Road to Casino Royale
Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation
Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo
Self
07 Spaceys
James Bond: For Real
Self
Casino Royale
Airport Worker (uncredited)
Becoming Bond
Self
Anatomy of a Stunt: Tank vs. Perrier
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Building a Better Bond
Derek Meddings: Making It Small in Pictures
The Legend of Zorro
Director
Beyond Borders
Director
10-8: Officers on Duty
Director
Unmasking Zorro
Self
Vertical Limit
Director
The Mask of Zorro
Director
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
GoldenEye
Director
The World of James Bond
Self
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Self
No Escape
Director
Homicide: Life on the Street
Director
Cast a Deadly Spell
Director
Defenseless
Director
Criminal Law
Director
Frankie and Johnnie
Director
Edge of Darkness
Director
Screen Two
Director
Charlie
Director
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Director
Muck and Brass
Director
Bergerac
Director
Minder
Director
Shoestring
Director
The Professionals
Director
Black Joy
Producer