Doug Campbell
Biography
Doug Campbell is known for his work in thrillers and dramas. Doug has directed over 50 feature films, mostly for television, many of which are still airing on a rotating basis. He is also a screenwriter, with over 35 scripts produced for the screen. "The Tomorrow Man," a film he financed, wrote and directed, was nominated for Best New Live Action Feature, Best Director and Best Screenplay in the DVD Premiere Awards sponsored by Daily Variety Magazine. It won the Best Director Award. Doug grew up in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, making his first Super-8 when he was 14. After studying under Sandy Mackendrick at Cal Arts, Doug wrote and directed his first feature at age 24. An actor's director, Doug runs a well-organized, fun, fast-paced set, and his films are consistently on-time and on-budget. Doug is also a Permanent Resident in Ontario, Canada and he is able to legally work both in the U.S. and Canada
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Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Self
Mackendrick on Film is an educational project constructed around the film teachings of legendary pedagogue Alexander Mackendrick. Taking as its starting point Mackendrick's body of written work contained in his book On Film-making: An introduction to the craft of the director, Mackendrick on Film is a structured 'illustrated lecture' that features never-before-seen footage of Mackendrick at work in the classrooms and studios of the California Institute of the Arts, new interviews with former students and colleagues, extracts from archived interviews with Mackendrick about his career as a teacher of cinema, rare photos, and a selection of his student handouts, storyboards and sketches.