Jamie Campbell
British film director

Jamie Campbell

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British film director
A.K.A.
James Robert Campbell, Jamie Robert Campbell
Gender:
Male
Birth:
18 May 1977
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Education:
Durham University
Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Radley College
Radley, Vale of White Horse, United Kingdom
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Jamie Robert Campbell (born 18 May 1977) is an English television producer and film maker.

Early life

Campbell studied at Radley College and Durham University, where he read English Literature and was a member of the Durham Revue.

Career

He has produced, directed, and appeared in prime time documentaries including Martha and Me (BBC Two), Osama and US (Channel 4), Come Home Gary Glitter (BBC Three), and Candid Cameron (BBC Two), in which he interviewed the future Prime Minister David Cameron over the course of a month.

In 2007, Campbell hosted his own prime time chat show for ITV1, entitled 24 Hours With. His interviewees included Bobby Brown, Steve-O, Stan Collymore, Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen, David Gest, and Lee Ryan.

He has been described as "a kind of Louis Theroux for the post-geek lady viewer."

Eleven, the television production company founded in 2006 by Campbell and Joel Wilson, has made a number of notable scripted series including Sex Education, The Enfield Haunting, Cast Offs, Gap Year and Glue.

Campbell has written cover stories for the New Statesman, and The Guardian.

Personal life

On 10 September 2011 he married Amber Sainsbury on the island of Paxos in Greece.