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Douglas Camfield
Director

Douglas Camfield

8 May 1931Born
27 Jan 1984Died
52Age at death
52Credits

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).

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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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Filmography

  1. 2023Tales of the TardisSeries: Director (1 episode)
  2. 2013Remembering Douglas CamfieldFilm: (archive footage)
  3. 1986Blake's 7: DuelFilm: Director
  4. 1984Missing from HomeSeries: Director (6 episodes)
  5. 1982Beau GesteSeries: Director (8 episodes)
  6. 1982IvanhoeFilm: Director
  7. 1981The Nightmare ManFilm: Director
  8. 1981The Nightmare ManSeries: Director (4 episodes)
  9. 1981The Walls of JerichoSeries: Director (1 episode)
  10. 1980Company and CoSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  11. 1980Number on EndFilm: Director
  12. 1979ShoestringSeries: Director (3 episodes)
  13. 1979Danger UXBSeries: Director (3 episodes)
  14. 1978AccidentSeries: Director (3 episodes)
  15. 1978Blake's 7Series: Director (1 episode)
  16. 1977The ProfessionalsSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  17. 1977TargetSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  18. 1976Doctor Who: The Seeds of DoomFilm: Director
  19. 1976Doctor Who: The Brain of MorbiusFilm: Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)
  20. 1975Doctor Who: Terror of the ZygonsFilm: Director
  21. 1975The VenturersSeries: Director (1 episode)
  22. 1975The SweeneySeries: Director (6 episodes)
  23. 1973The Golden RoadFilm: Director
  24. 1973Sutherland's LawSeries: Director (1 episode)
  25. 1972Van der ValkSeries: Director (3 episodes)
  26. 1972The Man OutsideSeries: Director (1 episode)
  27. 1972The Lotus EatersSeries: Director (3 episodes)
  28. 1971The Onedin LineSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  29. 1971TrialSeries: Director (3 episodes)
  30. 1970Play for TodaySeries: Director (1 episode)
  31. 1970Doctor Who: InfernoFilm: Director
  32. 1969Paul TempleSeries: Director (7 episodes)
  33. 1969Special BranchSeries: Director (3 episodes)
  34. 1969The Last Lonely ManFilm: Director
  35. 1968Doctor Who: The InvasionFilm: Director
  36. 1968Doctor Who: The Web of FearFilm: Director
  37. 1966Breaking PointSeries: Director (5 episodes)
  38. 1966Watch the BirdiesSeries: Director (5 episodes)
  39. 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanFilm: Director
  40. 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  41. 1965Out of the UnknownSeries: Director (1 episode)
  42. 1965Doctor Who: The Time MeddlerFilm: Director
  43. 1965The TroubleshootersSeries: Director (1 episode)
  44. 1965Doctor Who: The ChaseFilm: Director
  45. 1965Doctor Who: The CrusadeFilm: Director
  46. 1965Public EyeSeries: Director (7 episodes)
  47. 1964Doctor Who: Planet of GiantsFilm: Director
  48. 1964SwizzlewickSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  49. 1964DetectiveSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  50. 1963Doctor WhoSeries: Director (52 episodes)
  51. 1962Z-CarsSeries: Director (8 episodes)
  52. 1956Armchair TheatreSeries: Director (1 episode)

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