Douglas Camfield
Directing
1931-05-08 · England, UK
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.
Filmography
Tales of the Tardis
2023 · Series
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013 · Movie
Blake's 7: Duel
1986 · Movie
Missing from Home
1984 · Series
Beau Geste
1982 · Series
Ivanhoe
1982 · Movie
The Nightmare Man
1981 · Series
The Nightmare Man
1981 · Movie
The Walls of Jericho
1981 · Series
Company and Co
1980 · Series
Number on End
1980 · Movie
Shoestring
1979 · Series
Danger UXB
1979 · Series
Accident
1978 · Series
Blake's 7
1978 · Series
The Professionals
1977 · Series
Target
1977 · Series
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
1976 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976 · Movie
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975 · Movie
The Venturers
1975 · Series
The Sweeney
1975 · Series
The Golden Road
1973 · Movie
Sutherland's Law
1973 · Series
Van der Valk
1972 · Series
The Man Outside
1972 · Series
The Lotus Eaters
1972 · Series
The Onedin Line
1971 · Series
Trial
1971 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970 · Movie
Paul Temple
1969 · Series
Special Branch
1969 · Series
The Last Lonely Man
1969 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Invasion
1968 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
1968 · Movie
Breaking Point
1966 · Series
Watch the Birdies
1966 · Series
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965 · Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Series
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965 · Movie
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Series
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965 · Movie
Public Eye
1965 · Series
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
1964 · Movie
Swizzlewick
1964 · Series
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964 · Movie
Detective
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963 · Movie
Z-Cars
1962 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series