Douglas Camfield
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 8, 1931
- Died
- January 27, 1984 (aged 52)
- Birthplace
- England, UK
Biography
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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
Tales of the Tardis
TV · Director · 1 ep
Blake's 7: Duel
Movie · Director
Missing from Home
TV · Director · 6 eps
Ivanhoe
Movie · Director
Beau Geste
TV · Director · 8 eps
The Nightmare Man
Movie · Director
The Walls of Jericho
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Nightmare Man
TV · Director · 4 eps
Number on End
Movie · Director
Company and Co
TV · Director · 2 eps
Shoestring
TV · Director · 3 eps
Danger UXB
TV · Director · 3 eps
Blake's 7
TV · Director · 1 ep
Accident
TV · Director · 3 eps
Target
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Professionals
TV · Director · 2 eps
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Movie · Director
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Movie · Director
The Sweeney
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Venturers
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Golden Road
Movie · Director
Sutherland's Law
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Lotus Eaters
TV · Director · 3 eps
Van der Valk
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Man Outside
TV · Director · 1 ep
Trial
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Onedin Line
TV · Director · 2 eps
Doctor Who: Inferno
Movie · Director
Play for Today
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Last Lonely Man
Movie · Director
Special Branch
TV · Director · 4 eps
Paul Temple
TV · Director · 7 eps
Doctor Who: The Invasion
Movie · Director
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
Movie · Director
Breaking Point
TV · Director · 5 eps
Watch the Birdies
TV · Director · 5 eps
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Movie · Director
Doctor Who: The Chase
Movie · Director
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
Movie · Director
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Movie · Director
Out of the Unknown
TV · Director · 1 ep
Public Eye
TV · Director · 7 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Troubleshooters
TV · Director · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Movie · Director
Detective
TV · Director · 2 eps
Swizzlewick
TV · Director · 2 eps
Doctor Who
TV · Director · 52 eps
Z-Cars
TV · Director · 8 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep