Personal Info
Birthday
September 16, 1922
Place of Birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Known For
Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed Movies (22)
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Evil Under the Sun
The Mirror Crack'd
Force 10 from Navarone
The Man with the Golden Gun
Live and Let Die
Diamonds Are Forever
Battle of Britain
Funeral in Berlin
The Party's Over
Goldfinger
Man in the Middle
The Best of Enemies
A Touch of Larceny
The Devil's Disciple
Manuela
Charley Moon
The Colditz Story
An Inspector Calls
The Intruder
The Ringer
Acting Filmography (14)
Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
Shadowing the Third Man
Double-O Stunts
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
