MARTIN CAMPBELL (Director) knows how to entertain an audience when he steps behind the camera to direct. His last film, "Vertical Limit," was well received by critics and earned over $200 million in worldwide box-office sales. His venture prior to that, "The Mask of Zorro," earned Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominations, among others, and launched the international careers of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas. When Campbell took the helm of "GoldenEye" in 1996, it rejuvenated the James Bond franchise and grossed more than $350 million.
Born in New Zealand, he moved to London where he began his career as a cameraman. He went on to produce the controversial British feature "Scum," as well as "Black Joy" which was selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Campbell made his directorial debut on the British police action series "The Professionals," and continued with two more popular BBC series, "Shoestring" and "Minder".
Considered one of the U.K.’s top directors by the mid-1980s, he directed the highly praised British telefilm "Reilly: Ace of Spies." For his work on "Edge of Darkness," a five-hour BBC miniseries about nuclear contamination in England, which depicted murder and high-ranking corruption, he won six BAFTA awards and further prestige.
Campbell’s first Hollywood movie was "Criminal Law" and he went on to direct "Defenseless" and "No Escape." Some of his American television credits include directing HBO’s "Cast a Deadly Spell" and two episodes of NBC’s "Homicide: Life on the Street," among others. Next, the highly talented director will be prepping the sequel to "The Mask of Zorro."
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