Martin Campbell
Though his work in film and television was produced in Britain and America, Martin Campbell's career was defined by traits that seem stereotypical of his New Zealand heritage: a cheerful lack of ego and a willingness to put in a hard day's work. It was this grounded, collaborative spirit that made him a perfect fit with the team behind the venerable James Bond franchise, which Campbell would have the distinction of re-inventing twice. Campbell's first outing with Bond, "GoldenEye" (1995), introduced Pierce Brosnan as the iconic spy re-imagined for a post-Cold War era. His second would rescue the series from the excesses of the late-nineties, rebooting it with "Casino Royale" (2006), a hard-hitting origin story starring Daniel Craig. Unschooled in film, Campbell had learned how to direct the way any laborer learns a trade - by apprenticeship. His first films, produced by pulp writer and Hammer horror veteran Tudor Gates, were exploitative sex comedies that served as laboratory experiments in creating fast-paced, crowd-pleasing films. Martin Campbell was a director who eschewed pretention and auteurism in favor of the fine art of pulse-pounding popcorn fare, bringing the heroics of legends such as James Bond, Zorro, and Green Lantern to marvelous, cinematic life.
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Martin Campbell
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dirty Angels |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2024 |
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The Sound of 007 | Self | - | 2022 |
29% |
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Memory | Director | $6.7M | 2022 |
64% |
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The Protégé | Director | $7.4M | 2021 |
66% |
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The Foreigner | Director | $34.4M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Taking | Executive Producer | - | 2014 |
25% |
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Green Lantern | Director | $116.6M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Freight | Executive Producer | - | 2010 |
54% |
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Edge of Darkness | Director | $43.3M | 2010 |
94% |
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Casino Royale | Director | $167.0M | 2006 |
27% |
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The Legend of Zorro | Director | $45.4M | 2005 |
14% |
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Beyond Borders | Director | $4.4M | 2003 |
49% |
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Vertical Limit |
Director, Producer |
$68.5M | 2000 |
84% |
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The Mask of Zorro | Director | $93.8M | 1998 |
80% |
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GoldenEye | Director | $106.0M | 1995 |
59% |
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No Escape | Director | $14.2M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Defenseless | Director | $6.4M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Cast a Deadly Spell | Director | - | 1991 |
33% |
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Criminal Law | Director | $9.1M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frankie and Johnnie | Director | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Eskimo Nell | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sex Thief | Director | - | 1973 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 75% | The Bay | Producer | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Witness | Alain Gontrard (Guest Star) | 2015 |
29% | 36% | Killer Women | Executive Producer | 2014 |
79% | 85% | Last Resort |
Executive Producer, Director |
2012-2013 |
9% | No Score Yet | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Director | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Edge of Darkness | Director | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Director | 1983 |