Martin Campbell (born 24 October 1943) is a New Zealand film and television director based in the United Kingdom. He directed the British miniseries Edge of Darkness (1985), for which he won a BAFTA, its film adaptation, The Mask of Zorro (1998), and the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and Casino Royale (2006).

Martin Campbell
Campbell at CES 2012 – Panasonic James Bond film 50th Anniversary panel
Born	(1943-10-24) 24 October 1943 (age 79) Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation	Television and film director
Notable work	GoldenEye Casino Royale The Mask of Zorro
Spouse	Sol E. Romero[1]
Awards	British Academy Television Award Best Director Edge of Darkness 1986

Life and career

Born in Hastings, New Zealand, Campbell moved to London, where he began his career as a director of softcore sex comedies and action television series in the 1970s. He went on to direct two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the oldest director in the series' history, at the age of 62 (beating the previous record set by Lewis Gilbert, who directed Moonraker at the age of 59). Campbell stated that he was offered the opportunity to direct further James Bond films after GoldenEye, but found the plot to be limiting and only viewed himself directing further films if working with a new Bond actor - as he subsequently did with Daniel Craig on Casino Royale.[2]

He directed two Zorro films, The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005), both starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Campbell also directed the 2011 film adaptation of the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern, as well as The Foreigner (2017), starring Jackie Chan. [3]

On television Campbell directed the film Cast a Deadly Spell[4] and had overseen some of the more action-oriented episodes from the TV series The Professionals (1977–1983); however, 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. Campbell has also directed a movie remake of Edge of Darkness, starring Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, and released in 2010. Campbell directed the first episode of the US TV series Last Resort.

Unreleased projects

In June 2007, Martin Campbell was in negotiations to replace Robert Schwentke as director of the film, now titled Unstoppable. Campbell was attached until March 2009, when Tony Scott came on board as director. Martin Campbell was chosen to direct Hunter Killer, but on March 3, 2016, it was announced that Donovan Marsh would direct the film.

Filmography

Films

Television

See also

• List of New Zealand film makers

References

External links

• Martin Campbell at IMDb

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