Douglas Camfield
Directing
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
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tvTales of the Tardis
2023
Director
movieBlake's 7: Duel
1986
Director
tvMissing from Home
1984
Director
tvBeau Geste
1982
Director
movieIvanhoe
1982
Director
movieThe Nightmare Man
1981
Director
tvThe Nightmare Man
1981
Director
tvThe Walls of Jericho
1981
Director
movieNumber on End
1980
Director
tvShoestring
1979
Director
tvDanger UXB
1979
Director
Accident
1978
Director
tvBlake's 7
1978
Director
tvThe Professionals
1977
Director
tvTarget
1977
Director
tvThe Venturers
1975
Director
tvThe Sweeney
1975
Director
tvVan der Valk
1972
Director
tvThe Lotus Eaters
1972
Director
tvThe Onedin Line
1971
Director
Trial
1971
Director
tvPlay for Today
1970
Director
movieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970
Director
tvPaul Temple
1969
Director
tvSpecial Branch
1969
Director
movieThe Last Lonely Man
1969
Director
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Director
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
Director
tvThe Troubleshooters
1965
Director
movieDoctor Who: The Chase
1965
Director
movieDoctor Who: The Crusade
1965
Director
tvPublic Eye
1965
Director
Swizzlewick
1964
Director
tvDetective
1964
Director
tvDoctor Who
1963
Director
tvZ-Cars
1962
Director
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Director
Acting2
movieRemembering Douglas Camfield
2013
(archive footage)
movieDoctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976
Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)
Production2
movieDoctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Production Assistant
movieDoctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
Production Assistant