Ivar Campbell


Ivar Campbell, full name Donald Robert Ivar Campbell, was a New Zealand screenwriter and film director. Son of Lt-Col Robert Ormus Campbell and Beatrice.

Personal life

Born in New Zealand when his father was there approx. 1892-1910. 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, Sheila and widowed mother Beatrice. In 1950 he appears to own a fishing boat.
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