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  • BIRTH 24/10/1943
  • Country New Zealand
  • MOVIES 5
  • SHOWRUNNER 1
  • DIRECTOR 28
  • SCRIPT 1
  • PRODUCTION 1

Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell knows how to entertain an audience when he steps behind the camera. When he directed The Mask of Zorro (1998), the movie earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and launched the international careers of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Next, when he helmed Vertical Limit (2000), the film was well received by the critics and earned over $200 million in worldwide box-office sales. In addition, Campbell is credited with rejuvenating the James Bond franchise when he directed GoldenEye (1995), Pierce Brosnan's first outing as the famed British spy, which went on to gross more than $350 million. He also directed Daniel Craig's debut Bond feature as well, Casino Royale (2006).

Born in New Zealand, 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.

Martin Campbell

Movies (5)

Being James Bond
Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
James Bond in the Bahamas
James Bond in the Bahamas
James Bond: For Real
James Bond: For Real
Self
The Road to Casino Royale
The Road to Casino Royale
The World of James Bond
The World of James Bond

Showrunner

Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness

Director (28)

Dirty Angels
Dirty Angels
Cleaner
Cleaner
Casino Royale
Casino Royale
GoldenEye
GoldenEye
Green Lantern
Green Lantern
The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro
The Legend of Zorro
The Legend of Zorro
Memory
Memory
The Protégé
The Protégé
Last Resort
Last Resort
(1 episode)
The Foreigner
The Foreigner
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
(2 episodes)
Vertical Limit
Vertical Limit
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
No Escape
No Escape
Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders
Minder
Minder
(2 episodes)
Bergerac
Bergerac
(2 episodes)
The Professionals
The Professionals
(5 episodes)
Eskimo Nell
Eskimo Nell
10-8: Officers on Duty
10-8: Officers on Duty
(2 episodes)
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness
(6 episodes)
Defenseless
Defenseless
Three for All
Three for All
The Sex Thief
The Sex Thief
Cast a Deadly Spell
Cast a Deadly Spell
Shoestring
Shoestring
(1 episode)

Script

Dirty Angels
Dirty Angels

Production

Vertical Limit
Vertical Limit