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Martin Campbell
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 Brosna…
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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. 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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2026
Just Play Dead
Movie Director
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2026
Memory of a Killer
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Cleaner
Movie Director
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2024
Dirty Angels
Movie Director
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2022
Memory
Movie Director
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2021
The Protégé
Movie Director
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2017
The Foreigner
Movie Director
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2012
Last Resort
TV show Director
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2011
Green Lantern
Movie Director
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2010
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Movie Self
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2010
Edge of Darkness
Movie Director
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
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2008
Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo
Movie Self
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2007
07 Spaceys
Movie
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2006
James Bond: For Real
Movie Self
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2006
Casino Royale
Movie Airport Worker (uncredited)
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2006
Becoming Bond
Movie Self
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
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2006
Building a Better Bond
Movie
- 2006
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2005
The Legend of Zorro
Movie Director
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2003
Beyond Borders
Movie Director
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2003
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV show Director
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2001
Unmasking Zorro
Movie Self
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2000
Vertical Limit
Movie Producer
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1998
The Mask of Zorro
Movie Director
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1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Movie Self
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1995
GoldenEye
Movie Director
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1995
The World of James Bond
Movie Self
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1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Movie Self
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1994
No Escape
Movie Director
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1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV show Director
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1991
Cast a Deadly Spell
Movie Director
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1991
Defenseless
Movie Director
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1989
Criminal Law
Movie Director
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1986
Frankie and Johnnie
Movie Director
