A cikin jagorancin Skyfall da Spectre, Mendes ya zama darektan farko da ya kula da fina-finai biyu na Bond tun lokacin da John Glen ya jagoranci fina-finai biyar a jere, ya ƙare da The Living Daylights da Licence to Kill a shekara ta 1989. Dennis Gassner ya dawo a matsayin mai zane-zane na fim din, yayin da mai daukar hoto Hoyte van Hoyt McCayer ya dauki nauyin fim din daga Roger Deakins. A watan Yulin 2015 Mendes ya lura cewa aikin Spectre ya kai fiye da dubu ɗaya, yana mai da shi mafi girma fiye da Skyfall.
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