Background
Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand.
Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand.
He also directed, and Campbell has two sons, Fabio (Fab) Campbell, who is a popular DJ in London, and Tomas Campbell. He directed two James Bond films, 1995"s GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006"s Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the oldest director in the series" history, at the age of 62 (beating the previous record set by Lewis Gilbert, who directed Moonraker at the age of 59).
He also directed the two recent Zorro films, and, both starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Campbell also directed the 2011 film adaptation of the District of Columbia Comics superhero Green Lantern. Campbell has also directed a movie remake of Edge of Darkness, starring Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, and released in 2010.
Campbell directed the first episode of the United States television series, Last Resort.
On television Campbell directed the film Cast a Deadly Spell and had overseen some of the more action-oriented episodes from the television series The Professionals (1977–1983). However, his best-known work is the 1985 British Broadcasting Corporation Television drama serial Edge of Darkness, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Director in 1986.
