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Guy Hamilton

Guy Hamilton

Personal Info

Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-09-16
Day of Death
2016-04-20 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Guy Hamilton

Biography

Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton, DSC (September 16, 1922 – April 20, 2016) was an English film director. Hamilton was born in Paris, France where his English parents were living. Remaining in France during the Nazi occupation, he was active in the French Resistance. After the end of the war, he worked as an assistant to Carol Reed on films including The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949), before turning to directing with his first film The Ringer in 1952. He made 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four installments of the James Bond series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming. He was married at one time to actress Naomi Chance.

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Known For

Acting

(2015)
Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
as Self
(2012)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
(2010)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self
(2006)
A Sense of Carol Reed
as Self
(2006)
Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
(2004)
Shadowing the Third Man
as Himself
(2002)
Best Ever Bond
as Self
(2000)
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
as Self
(2000)
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
(2000)
Double-O Stunts
(1999)
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
(1995)
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
(1995)
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
as Self
(1995)
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
as Self
(1982)
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self
(1973)
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
as Self
(1971)
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
as Narrator (voice)

Crew

(1989)
Try This One for Size
Director
(1985)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Director
(1982)
Evil Under the Sun
Director
(1980)
The Mirror Crack'd
Director
(1978)
Force 10 from Navarone
Director
(1974)
The Man with the Golden Gun
Director
(1973)
Live and Let Die
Director
(1971)
Diamonds Are Forever
Director
(1969)
Battle of Britain
Director
(1966)
Funeral in Berlin
Director
(1965)
The Party's Over
Director
(1964)
Goldfinger
Director
(1964)
Man in the Middle
Director
(1961)
The Best of Enemies
Director
(1960)
A Touch of Larceny
Director, Writer
(1959)
The Devil's Disciple
Director
(1957)
Manuela
Director, Writer
(1956)
Charley Moon
Director
(1955)
The Colditz Story
Director, Writer
(1954)
An Inspector Calls
Director
(1953)
The Intruder
Director
(1952)
The Ringer
Director
(1952)
Home at Seven
Assistant Director
(1952)
The African Queen
Assistant Director
(1950)
State Secret
Assistant Director
(1950)
The Angel with the Trumpet
Assistant Director
(1949)
The Forbidden Street
Assistant Director
(1949)
The Third Man
Assistant Director
(1948)
The Fallen Idol
Assistant Director