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Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell’s screen credits include director work on Casino Royale, director work on Just Play Dead, and director work on The Legend of Zorro.
Born October 24, 1943 Hastings, New Zealand4 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2025CleanerDirector
- 2024Dirty AngelsDirector · Writer
- 2022MemoryDirector
- 2021The ProtégéDirector
- 2017The ForeignerDirector
- 2010Doctor Zhivago: A CelebrationSelf
- 2010Edge of DarknessDirector
- 2008Ian Fleming's Incredible CreationActor
- 2008James Bond in the BahamasActor
- 2008The Road to Casino RoyaleActor
- 2008Death in Venice: The Sinking PalazzoSelf
- 200707 SpaceysActor
- 2006James Bond: For RealSelf
- 2006Becoming BondSelf
- 2006Anatomy of a Stunt: Tank vs. PerrierActor
- 2006Directing Bond: The Martin ChroniclesActor
- 2006The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press EventActor
- 2006Building a Better BondActor
- 2006Derek Meddings: Making It Small in PicturesActor
- 2003Beyond BordersDirector
- 2001Unmasking ZorroSelf
- 2000Vertical LimitDirector · Producer
- 1998The Mask of ZorroDirector
- 1995Goldeneye: The Secret FilesSelf
- 1995GoldenEyeDirector
- 1995The World of James BondSelf
- 1995GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The CastSelf
- 1994No EscapeDirector
- 1991Cast a Deadly SpellDirector
- 1991DefenselessDirector
- 1989Criminal LawDirector
- 1986Frankie and JohnnieDirector
- 1977Black JoyProducer
- 1975Three for AllDirector
- 1975Eskimo NellDirector
- 1973The Sex ThiefDirector
- DedicationDirector
- Scotland's Highlands & Islands with Lewis NunnDirector
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