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Guy Hamilton

Guy Hamilton

Director · 1922–2016 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 30

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1966
  3. 1965
  4. 1964
  5. Man in the Middle

    Director

  6. 1961

    The Best of Enemies

    Director

  7. 1960

    A Touch of Larceny

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1957

    Manuela

    Director

  3. 1956

    Charley Moon

    Director

  4. 1955

    The Colditz Story

    Director

  5. 1954

    An Inspector Calls

    Director

  6. 1953

    The Intruder

    Director

  7. 1952

    The Ringer

    Director

  8. Home at Seven

    Assistant Director

  9. 1950
  10. The Angel with the Trumpet

    Assistant Director

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. The Forbidden Street

    Assistant Director

  3. 1948

    The Fallen Idol

    Assistant Director

  4. 1947

Acted in 5

2000s

  1. 2006

    Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks

    Movie

  2. 2000

    Double-O Stunts

    Movie

  3. Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1999

    Inside 'Live and Let Die'

    Movie

  2. 1995

    The Goldfinger Phenomenon

    Movie

Wrote 4

1960s

  1. 1960

    A Touch of Larceny

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1957

    Manuela

    Writer

  2. 1955

    The Colditz Story

    Writer

Appearances10

2010s

  1. 2015

    Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

    Self

  2. 2012

    Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

    Self

  3. 2010

    Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

    Self

2000s

  1. 2004

    Shadowing the Third Man

    Himself

  2. 2002

    Best Ever Bond

    Self

  3. 2000

    Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

    Self

1990s

  1. 1995

    Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'

    Self

  2. Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'

    Self

1980s

  1. 1982

    The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

    Self

1970s

  1. 1973

    Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

    Self