Martin Campbell


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Martin Campbell
Born 24 October 1944 (1944-10-24) (age 64)
Hastings, New Zealand
Occupation Film director and producer
Spouse(s) Solveig Ellinor Romero[1]
Children 1 daughter, Elina; 2 sons (13 and 17 years old, from his first marriage)[1]

Martin Campbell (born October 24, 1944, Hastings) is a New Zealand film and television director. He has directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig. He also directed the two recent Zorro films, The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005), both starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

On television, his best known work is the 1985 BBC Television drama serial Edge of Darkness, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Director in 1986. Prior to that, Campbell was known for some of the more action-oriented episodes from the TV series The Professionals (1977 – 1983).

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Filmography (Director)

Year Title Type Notes
1964 Threepence Worth home movie
1973 The Sex Thief
1974 Three for All
1975 Eskimo Nell
1976 Intimate Games (uncredited)
1977 The Professionals TV Series
1979 Minder TV Series
1979 Shoestring TV Series
1983 Reilly: The Ace of Spies TV Series
1984 Charlie TV Series
1985 Frankie and Johnnie TV Series
1985 Edge of Darkness TV Series
1988 Criminal Law
1991 Defenseless
1991 Cast a Deadly Spell
1994 No Escape
1995 GoldenEye
1998 The Mask of Zorro
2000 Vertical Limit
2003 10-8: Officers on Duty TV Series
2003 Beyond Borders
2005 The Legend of Zorro
2006 Casino Royale
2009 Edge of Darkness filming

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Haenig, René; Corell, Volker: Hoffentlich wirds ein Bond-Girl. Schweizer-Illustrierte, 7 May 2008. "Hoffentlich wirds ein Bond-Girl" (in German). Schweizer Illustrierte (2007-05-07). Retrieved on 2008-08-03.

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Preceded by
John Glen
1981-1989
James Bond film director
1995
Succeeded by
Roger Spottiswoode
1997
Preceded by
Lee Tamahori
2002
James Bond film director
2006
Succeeded by
Marc Forster
2008








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