Donald Robert Ivar Campbell (8 September 1904 – 19 May 1985) was a New Zealand-British screenwriter and film director.
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Personal life
Campbell was born in New Zealand in 1904 to Lt-Col Robert Ormus Campbell and Beatrice (née Cadell).
. He married Sheila Milligan on 14 July 1934 at Littleton Church, near Shepperton. In 1939, he was a farmer in Devon, living with his wife, a film scenario writer, and widowed mother, Beatrice.
In 1951, he was living at Knowstone Manor in Devon, a swastika-shaped farmhouse built in 1938 by a German fascist.
In 1960, Campbell and his wife purchased Tiverton Castle in Devon which was inherited by his nephew, Angus, in 1985.
Sheila Campbell is credited as a writer on Belles of St Clements, Feather Your Nest and Expert Opinion.
Selected filmography
As director unless otherwise noted.
Reunion (1932) – producer
Song of the Plough (1933) – producer
The Wishbone (1933) – producer
Paris Plane (1933) – producer
Doss House (1933) – producer
She Was Only a Village Maiden (1933) – producer
The Diplomatic Lover (1934) – producer
Bypass to Happiness (1934) – producer
Designing Women (1934)
The Mad Hatters (1935)
Expert's Opinion (1935)
The Belles of St. Clements (1936)
Grand Finale (1936)
Feather Your Nest (1937)
Captain's Orders (1937)
Too Many Husbands (1938)