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Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell

Director · Born 1943-10-24 · Hastings, New Zealand

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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 Ca…

Directed

  1. Casino Royale (2006) — Director
  2. Green Lantern (2011) — Director
  3. GoldenEye (1995) — Director
  4. The Mask of Zorro (1998) — Director
  5. The Legend of Zorro (2005) — Director
  6. The Foreigner (2017) — Director
  7. Edge of Darkness (2010) — Director
  8. Memory (2022) — Director
  9. Vertical Limit (2000) — Director
  10. The Protégé (2021) — Director
  11. Cleaner (2025) — Director
  12. No Escape (1994) — Director
  13. Beyond Borders (2003) — Director
  14. Dirty Angels (2024) — Director
  15. Last Resort (2012) — Director
  16. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Director
  17. Criminal Law (1989) — Director
  18. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) — Director
  19. Edge of Darkness (1985) — Director
  20. The Professionals (1977) — Director
  21. Minder (1979) — Director
  22. Defenseless (1991) — Director
  23. Eskimo Nell (1975) — Director
  24. Bergerac (1981) — Director
  25. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) — Director
  26. The Sex Thief (1973) — Director
  27. 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003) — Director
  28. Screen Two (1985) — Director
  29. Shoestring (1979) — Director
  30. Three for All (1975) — Director
  31. Muck and Brass (1982) — Director
  32. Frankie and Johnnie (1986) — Director
  33. Charlie (1984) — Director
  34. Dedication — Director
  35. Just Play Dead (2026) — Director
  36. Scotland's Highlands & Islands with Lewis Nunn — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Casino Royale (2006) — Airport Worker (uncredited)
  2. James Bond: For Real (2006) — Self
  3. The World of James Bond (1995) — Self
  4. Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo (2008) — Self
  5. The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event (2006)
  6. Unmasking Zorro (2001) — Self
  7. 07 Spaceys (2007)
  8. Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles (2006)
  9. Building a Better Bond (2006)
  10. Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995) — Self
  11. GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast (1995) — Self
  12. Becoming Bond (2006) — Self
  13. Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration (2010) — Self
  14. Anatomy of a Stunt: Tank vs. Perrier (2006)
  15. Derek Meddings: Making It Small in Pictures (2006)
  16. The Road to Casino Royale (2008)
  17. Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation (2008)
  18. James Bond in the Bahamas (2008)