Ivar Campbell (born 1904, died 1985), full name Donald Robert Ivar Campbell, was a New Zealand screenwriter and film director.^[1] Son of Lt-Col Robert Ormus Campbell and Beatrice (née Cadell).^[2]

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 (a film scenario writer) and widowed mother Beatrice.^[3] In 1950 he appears to own a fishing boat.^[4] In 1960, Campbell and his wife purchased Tiverton Castle in Devon which was inherited by his nephew, Angus, in 1985.^[5] Sheila Campbell is credited as a writer on Belles of St Clements, Feather Your Nest and Expert Opinion.^[6]

Selected filmography

• Reunion (1932)
• Song of the Plough (1933)
• The Wishbone (1933)
• Paris Plane (1933)
• Doss House (1933)
• She Was Only a Village Maiden (1933)
• The Diplomatic Lover (1934)
• Bypass to Happiness (1934)
• 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)