Martin Campbell

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.

Works

Casino Royale

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 winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Release Date2006-11-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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Vote Count11065

Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo

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 Casino Royale (2006).

Release Date2008-01-01

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Vote Count3

Becoming Bond

A documentary which shows the creation of Casino Royale (2006).

Release Date2006-11-07

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Vote Count1

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).

Release Date1995-12-26

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Vote Count1

James Bond: For Real

The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure 'Casino Royale'.

Release Date2006-11-22

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Vote Count5

Unmasking Zorro

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film The Mask of Zorro (1998), including a brief history of the iconic character.

Release Date2001-09-25

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Vote Count2

GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

A short documentary about the cast of GoldenEye.

Release Date1995-01-01

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Vote Count1

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

Interviews analyzing and looking back at the making of, and the impact made by, of one of the greatest epic films ever produced.

Release Date2010-05-04

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Minder

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

Release Date1979-10-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count25

Bergerac

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

Release Date1981-10-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count21

The Professionals

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 fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

Release Date1977-12-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count43

Homicide: Life on the Street

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Release Date1993-01-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count133

Dirty Angels

During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught between ISIS and the Taliban.

Release Date2024-12-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count278

Last Resort

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 fired upon and declared rogue enemies of their own country.

Release Date2012-09-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count13

Vote Count172

Reilly: Ace of Spies

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 work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

Release Date1983-09-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count20

Cleaner

When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the building must save those trapped inside, including her older brother.

Release Date2025-02-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count302

Edge of Darkness

Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.

Release Date1985-11-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count47

Green Lantern

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 ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

Release Date2011-06-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7379

GoldenEye

When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.

Release Date1995-11-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4051

The Mask of Zorro

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 from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.

Release Date1998-07-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4120

Memory

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 syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his every move. Alex must question his every action and whom he can ultimately trust.

Release Date2022-04-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1562

The Legend of Zorro

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

Release Date2005-10-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2952

The Foreigner

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 teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

Release Date2017-09-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2744

The Protégé

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, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.

Release Date2021-08-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1051

Vertical Limit

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 and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

Release Date2000-12-08

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1062

10-8: Officers on Duty

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 is in reference to the ten-code for "officer in service and available for calls."

Release Date2003-09-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count6

Memory of a Killer

Angelo Ledda lives two totally separate lives — fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father. Both of them are threatened when he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease he already lost his older brother to.

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Edge of Darkness

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

Release Date2010-01-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1578

No Escape

In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.

Release Date1994-04-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count441

Shoestring

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 programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

Release Date1979-09-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Beyond Borders

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 doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.

Release Date2003-10-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count414

Cast a Deadly Spell

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

Release Date1991-09-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count115

Criminal Law

Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile murder case. Martin Thiel is the wealthy young man on trial for a particularly brutal murder. The verdict sets Thiel free. Within 24 hours another grizzly and all-too-familiar murder has taken place with striking similarities to the first crime. Chase inexplicably agrees to act as his defense attorney; but this time it will be to gather evidence that will put away his client for good.

Release Date1989-04-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count114

The Sex Thief

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 make the best of it. Soon he becomes a celebrity. Wealthy women start leaving their jewels out like milk and cookies for Santa Claus in hopes that the sex thief will unlawfully invade their domiciles.

Release Date1973-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count13

Muck and Brass

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 the price may not always be money.

Release Date1982-01-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count2

Defenseless

A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.

Release Date1991-08-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count26

Charlie

Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations when he stumbles across the dying Stan Peace, a shop steward in the Distributive Worker's Union. Peace dies, but Charlie wants to know why his name was in Peace's address book. As Charlie investigates, things get murkier.

Release Date1984-03-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Eskimo Nell

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 movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....

Release Date1975-01-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count20

Dedication

A Marine commander, relieved of duty after a mission gone wrong, must confront her past and prove her worth in a relentless battle against hostage-takers led by a vengeful anarchist's son.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Black Joy

An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the Brixton ghetto.

Release Date1977-11-06

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count7

Three for All

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain

Release Date1975-05-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Frankie and Johnnie

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 too many unanswered questions. As he digs deeper into the case, he learns why the kids really died and his knowledge puts his own life at risk.

Release Date1986-02-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The World of James Bond

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.

Release Date1995-10-29

Vote Count2

07 Spaceys

Canada's only sci-fi and fantasy television awards show. SPACE's annual celebration of genre entertainment. In a sea of boring television award shows, the SPACEYS is the only one that avoids podiums and red carpets. Instead, we take the show around the globe to stalk find the winners, wherever they happen to be, and present them with our much coveted silver alien-head statuette!

Release Date2007-01-01

Vote Count1

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

A short documentary about the press of GoldenEye.

Release Date2006-07-17

Vote Count2

Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

Martin Campbell directs Goldeneye.

Release Date2006-07-17

Vote Count1

Building a Better Bond

Teaser promotional documentary made for theaters and exhibitors, shot in 1994 during pre-production to promote the then upcoming James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).

Release Date2006-01-01

Vote Count1

Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation

A documentary about Ian Fleming.

Release Date2008-10-21

James Bond in the Bahamas

A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas.

Release Date2008-10-21

The Road to Casino Royale

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 screen in recognizable form.

Release Date2008-10-21

Derek Meddings: Making It Small in Pictures

A short documentary about Derek Meddings.

Release Date2006-01-01

Anatomy of a Stunt: Tank vs. Perrier

Breaking down the Perrier truck stunt in GoldenEye.

Release Date2006-07-17