Cast & creator
Martin Campbell
Best known for Homicide: Life on the Street, Minder, Screen Two
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.
45
film credits
13
television credits
18
1973–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
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Homicide: Life on the Street
Director
1993
Minder
Director
1979
Screen Two
Director
1985
The Professionals
Director
1977
Bergerac
Director
1981
Memory of a Killer
Executive Producer
2026
Casino Royale
Airport Worker (uncredited)
2006Casino Royale
Director
2006
Green Lantern
Director
2011
Just Play Dead
Director
2026
The Mask of Zorro
Director
1998
10-8: Officers on Duty
Director
2003
Shoestring
Director
1979
The Foreigner
Director
2017
The Legend of Zorro
Director
2005
Vertical Limit
Producer
2000Vertical Limit
Director
2000
GoldenEye
Director
1995
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Director
1983
Memory
Director
2022
The Protégé
Director
2021
Last Resort
Director
2012
Edge of Darkness
Director
2010
Dirty Angels
Director
2024Dirty Angels
Story
2024
Cleaner
Director
2025
Edge of Darkness
Director
1985
No Escape
Director
1994
Criminal Law
Director
1989
Cast a Deadly Spell
Director
1991
Beyond Borders
Director
2003
Charlie
Director
1984
The World of James Bond
Self
1995
Defenseless
Director
1991
Muck and Brass
Director
1982
James Bond: For Real
Self
2006
The Sex Thief
Director
1973GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Self
1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
1995
07 Spaceys
2007
Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo
Self
2008
Three for All
Director
1975
Frankie and Johnnie
Director
1986
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Self
2010Building a Better Bond
2006James Bond in the Bahamas
2008
Eskimo Nell
Director
1975
Unmasking Zorro
Self
2001Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
2006
Black Joy
Producer
1977
Becoming Bond
Self
2006
Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation
2008
The Road to Casino Royale
2008Anatomy of a Stunt: Tank vs. Perrier
2006Dedication
Director
Derek Meddings: Making It Small in Pictures
2006
Scotland's Highlands & Islands with Lewis Nunn
Director