Martin Campbell

Known for DirectingBorn 1943-10-24 (age 82)Hastings, New Zealand

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Charlie

Frankie and Johnnie

Homicide: Life on the Street

10-8: Officers on Duty

Edge of Darkness

James Bond: For Real

Memory of a Killer

Casino Royale

The Professionals

Shoestring

The Foreigner

Screen Two

Memory

Minder

Reilly: Ace of Spies

GoldenEye

Last Resort

The Protégé

Cleaner

The World of James Bond

The Mask of Zorro

Edge of Darkness

Black Joy

Bergerac

Beyond Borders

Dirty Angels

The Legend of Zorro

No Escape

Muck and Brass

Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo

Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

Becoming Bond

Unmasking Zorro

Cast a Deadly Spell

Vertical Limit

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

Criminal Law

Green Lantern

The Sex Thief

07 Spaceys

Building a Better Bond

Defenseless

Eskimo Nell

Three for All

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

The Road to Casino Royale