Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 16, 1922
Died
Apr 20, 2016
Place of Birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Credits
47 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self
A Sense of Carol Reed
Self
Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
Shadowing the Third Man
Himself
Best Ever Bond
Self
Double-O Stunts
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Self
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
Self
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
Try This One for Size
Director
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Director
Evil Under the Sun
Director
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self
The Mirror Crack'd
Director
Force 10 from Navarone
Director
The Man with the Golden Gun
Director
Live and Let Die
Director
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Self
Diamonds Are Forever
Director
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
Narrator (voice)
Battle of Britain
Director
Funeral in Berlin
Director
The Party's Over
Director
Goldfinger
Director
Man in the Middle
Director
The Best of Enemies
Director
A Touch of Larceny
Director
The Devil's Disciple
Director
Manuela
Director
Charley Moon
Director
The Colditz Story
Director
An Inspector Calls
Director
The Intruder
Director
The Ringer
Director
Home at Seven
Assistant Director
The African Queen
Assistant Director
State Secret
Assistant Director
The Angel with the Trumpet
Assistant Director
The Third Man
Assistant Director
The Forbidden Street
Assistant Director
The Fallen Idol
Assistant Director
They Made Me a Fugitive
Assistant Director