Donald Cammell

Birthday: 17 January 1934, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Birth Name: Donald Seton Cammell

British director Donald Cammell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1934, came from a wealthy shipbuilding family. He began his career as a painter and by the mid-'60s was celebrated among the " ...Show More

[about his unrealized project "Jericho", which was set to star Marlon Brando] The overall image of t Show more [about his unrealized project "Jericho", which was set to star Marlon Brando] The overall image of the film is a man living with his own guilt over all the horror he's perpetrated . . . I felt I knew [Brando] as a performer and I could help orchestrate that performance, to see him bare his soul for once. Hide

One of the reasons I think Warners hated the film [Performance (1970)] so much is because it forces Show more One of the reasons I think Warners hated the film [Performance (1970)] so much is because it forces an audience to consider the construction of their own fragmented selves, the various aspects of sexuality, which is something people never question. Hide

I am a painter who happens to make films. I am a painter who happens to make films.

Performance (1970) is a landmark and a swan song for the era of swinging London. Performance (1970) is a landmark and a swan song for the era of swinging London.

[about White of the Eye (1987)] I painted it as best I can, and if art is to be involved at all, you Show more [about White of the Eye (1987)] I painted it as best I can, and if art is to be involved at all, you hope that some kind of energy or sincerity will result in some kind of revelation. Hide

Donald Cammell's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (2) as Director (2) as Creator (2)

White of the Eye

Performance