Martin Campbell knows how to entertain an audience when he steps behind the camera. When he directed The Mask of Zorro (1998), the movie earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and launched the international careers of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Next, when he helmed Vertical Limit (2000), the film was well received by the critics and earned over $200 million in worldwide box-office sales. In addition, Campbell is credited with rejuvenating the James Bond franchise when he directed GoldenEye (1995), Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as the famed British spy, which went on to gross more than $350 million. He also directed Daniel Craig’s debut Bond feature as well, Casino Royale (2006).
Born in New Zealand, 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.
Martin Campbell Biography / Wiki
| Name | Martin Campbell |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Hastings, New Zealand |
| Date of Birth | 1943-10-24 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 78 |
| Deathday |
Martin Campbell Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles | 2006-07-17 | Martin Campbell directs Goldeneye…. | |
| Anatomy of a Stunt: Tank vs. Perrier | 2006-07-17 | Breaking down the Perrier truck stunt in GoldenEye…. | |
| Derek Meddings: Making It Small in Pictures | 2006-01-01 | A short documentary about Derek Meddings…. | |
| Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo | 2008-01-01 | Short behind the scenes making-of documentary about the filming of the sinking house palazzo and the Venetian piazza chase from the James Bond movie C… | |
| James Bond: For Real | Self | 2006-11-22 | The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure ‘Casino Royale’…. |
| Building a Better Bond | 2006-01-01 | Teaser promotional documentary made for theaters and exhibitors, shot in 1994 during pre-production to promote the then upcoming James Bond movie Gold… | |
| GoldenEye: The Secret Files – The Cast | 1995-01-01 | A short documentary about the cast of GoldenEye…. | |
| Becoming Bond | Self | 2006-11-07 | A documentary which shows the creation of Casino Royale (2006)…. |
| The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event | 2006-07-17 | A short documentary about the press of GoldenEye…. | |
| Goldeneye: The Secret Files | 1995-12-26 | Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995)…. | |
| James Bond in the Bahamas | 2008-10-21 | A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas…. | |
| Ian Fleming’s Incredible Creation | 2008-10-21 | A documentary about Ian Fleming…. | |
| The Road to Casino Royale | 2008-10-21 | Documentary that traces the tangled rights to Ian Fleming’s “Casino Royale,” the first James Bond story, which took over a half century to reach the s… | |
| The World of James Bond | 1995-10-29 | Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye…. | |
| Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 | Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming… |
| Casino Royale | Airport Worker (uncredited) | 2006-11-14 | Le Chiffre, a banker to the world’s terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his win… |
Martin Campbell Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| GoldenEye | Director | 1995-11-16 | When a powerful Russian satellite weapon is hijacked by a mysterious crime syndicate, it’s up to James Bond, with the help of programmer Natalya Simon… |
| The Legend of Zorro | Director | 2005-10-24 | Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has th… |
| No Escape | Director | 1994-04-29 | In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle is… |
| Vertical Limit | Director | 2000-12-08 | Trapped near the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie’s message an… |
| Edge of Darkness | Director | 2010-01-28 | As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his… |
| The Mask of Zorro | Director | 1998-07-16 | It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped… |
| Beyond Borders | Director | 2003-10-23 | Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade… |
| Defenseless | Director | 1991-08-23 | A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain…. |
| Criminal Law | Director | 1988-01-01 | A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previousl… |
| Casino Royale | Director | 2006-11-14 | Le Chiffre, a banker to the world’s terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his win… |
| Green Lantern | Director | 2011-06-16 | For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a… |
| Cast a Deadly Spell | Director | 1991-01-01 | In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome…. |
| The Sex Thief | Director | 1973-01-01 | A struggling pulp fiction writer who doubles as an incompetent jewel thief. He gets caught in the act every time, but he uses his looks and charm to … |
| Eskimo Nell | Director | 1975-01-17 | Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic m… |
| Three for All | Director | 1975-05-01 | A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain… |
| Frankie and Johnnie | Director | 1986-02-02 | When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. But Allan Blakeston, a local reporter, has … |
| The Foreigner | Director | 2017-09-28 | Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teena… |
| The Protégé | Director | 2021-08-19 | Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody,… |
| Memory | Director | 2022-04-28 | Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he’s become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime s… |
| Director | Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars J… | ||
| Director | Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The pr… | ||
| Director | This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye fo… | ||
| Director | An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department’s Homicide Unit…. | ||
| Director | Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death…. | ||
| Director | 10-8: Officers on Duty is an American police drama television series. The series aired on ABC from September 28, 2003 to January 11, 2004. The title i… | ||
| Director | When the crew of the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado refuse to fire nuclear weapons at Pakistan without confirmation of the orders, they are… | ||
| Director | The story of a no-holds-barred, go-getting property dealer played by celebrated comedian Mel Smith, who has the view that everyone has a price though … | ||
| Director | Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to… | ||
| Director | The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain’s CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to… | ||
Martin Campbell Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Vertical Limit | Producer | 2000-12-08 | Trapped near the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie’s message an… |
| Black Joy | Producer | 1977-01-01 | An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin’ way of life in the Brixton ghetto…. |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Creator | Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death…. | ||
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