FILM DIRECTOR

Martin Campbell

1943 - Today

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Martin Campbell (born 24 October 1943) is a New Zealand film and television director, based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his works in the action and thriller film genres, including the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and Casino Royale (2006), The Mask of Zorro (1998) and its sequel The Legend of Zorro (2005), Vertical Limit (2000), and The Foreigner (2017). Earlier in his career, he directed the critically-acclaimed BBC drama serial Edge of Darkness (1985), which earned him a British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Campbell has received more than 1,674,092 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Martin Campbell is the 271st most popular film director (down from 249th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 12th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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  • 33

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  • 4.93

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  • 3.43

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Martin Campbell ranks 271 out of 2,041. Before him are David Hamilton, Robert Siodmak, Damiano Damiani, Germaine Dulac, Bigas Luna, and Jean Epstein. After him are Leonid Gaidai, Youssef Chahine, Franklin J. Schaffner, Denis Villeneuve, Elem Klimov, and Robert J. Flaherty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Martin Campbell ranks 126. Before him are Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Dušan Ivković, Barış Manço, Jacques Dutronc, and Armando Guebuza. After him are Lorenzo Sanz, Paul Michael Glaser, Paul Wolfowitz, Wallace Shawn, Köbi Kuhn, and Hervé Villechaize.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Martin Campbell ranks 14 out of 303. Before him are Denny Hulme (1936), Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Thomas Williams (1930), Helen Clark (1950), Chris Amon (1943), and Burt Munro (1899). After him are Kiri Te Kanawa (1944), Lucy Lawless (1968), John Money (1921), Jane Campion (1954), Rosé (1997), and Karl Urban (1972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Martin Campbell ranks 2. Before him are Peter Jackson (1961). After him are Jane Campion (1954), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), Lee Tamahori (1950), Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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Filmography

Casino Royale
Director
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.
Nov 14o 20067.558 / 10
Green Lantern
Director
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.
Jun 14o 20115.165 / 10
The Mask of Zorro
Director
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.
Jul 16o 19986.573 / 10