Director
Douglas Camfield
Born May 8, 1931 in England, UK
Died January 27, 198416 films
Douglas Gaston Sydney Camfield (8 May 1931 – 27 January 1984) was a British television director, active from the 1960s to the 1980s. His directing credits included Doctor Who, Z-Cars, Paul Temple, Public Eye, The Lotus Eaters, Van der Valk, The Sweeney, The Onedin Line, Blake's 7, Shoestring, The Professionals, Out of the Unknown, The Nightmare Man, the BBC dramatisation of Beau Geste, and Ivanhoe, the 1982 television movie.
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Camfield studied at the York School of Art and aimed to work for The Walt Disney Company. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in 1951 during his national service. Later that year, he transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment (Territorial Army). He was promoted to lieutenant in 1952 and was training to be in the Special Air Service, but due to an injury, he pulled out of the application process. It has often been noted by those who worked with him that Camfield always retained an affection for the army and brought military standards of organisation to the programmes he subsequently directed.
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First watchIvanhoe19826.4Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself…View filmFilmography
16 films as director- 1986Blake's 7: DuelDirector
- 1982IvanhoeDirector
- 1981The Nightmare ManDirector
- 1980Number on EndDirector
- 1976Doctor Who: The Seeds of DoomDirector
- 1975Doctor Who: Terror of the ZygonsDirector
- 1973The Golden RoadDirector
- 1970Doctor Who: InfernoDirector
- 1969The Last Lonely ManDirector
- 1968Doctor Who: The InvasionDirector
- 1968Doctor Who: The Web of FearDirector
- 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanDirector
- 1965Doctor Who: The Time MeddlerDirector
- 1965Doctor Who: The ChaseDirector
- 1965Doctor Who: The CrusadeDirector
- 1964Doctor Who: Planet of GiantsDirector