Person
Guy Hamilton
Directing · 1922–2016 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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
Goldfinger
Director
The Man with the Golden Gun
Director
Live and Let Die
Director
Diamonds Are Forever
Director
The Third Man
Assistant Director
Evil Under the Sun
Director
The African Queen
Assistant Director
Battle of Britain
Director
The Mirror Crack'd
Director
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Director
Filmography
- 2015Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'Self
- 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond CarsSelf
- 2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African QueenSelf
- 2006A Sense of Carol ReedSelf
- 2006Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
- 2004Shadowing the Third ManHimself
- 2002Best Ever BondSelf
- 2000Double-O Stunts
- 2000Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'Self
- 2000Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
- 1999Inside 'Live and Let Die'
- 1995Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'Self
- 1995Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'Self
- 1995The Goldfinger Phenomenon
- 1989Try This One for SizeDirector
- 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure BeginsDirector
- 1982Evil Under the SunDirector
- 1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self
- 1980The Mirror Crack'dDirector
- 1978Force 10 from NavaroneDirector
- 1974The Man with the Golden GunDirector
- 1973Live and Let DieDirector
- 1973Bond 1973: The Lost DocumentarySelf
- 1971Diamonds Are ForeverDirector
- 1971Lesson #007: Close Quarters CombatNarrator (voice)
- 1969Battle of BritainDirector
- 1966Funeral in BerlinDirector
- 1965The Party's OverDirector
- 1964GoldfingerDirector
- 1964Man in the MiddleDirector
- 1961The Best of EnemiesDirector
- 1960A Touch of LarcenyDirector
- 1959The Devil's DiscipleDirector
- 1957ManuelaDirector
- 1956Charley MoonDirector
- 1955The Colditz StoryDirector
- 1954An Inspector CallsDirector
- 1953The IntruderDirector
- 1952The RingerDirector
- 1952Home at SevenAssistant Director
- 1952The African QueenAssistant Director
- 1950State SecretAssistant Director
- 1950The Angel with the TrumpetAssistant Director
- 1949The Third ManAssistant Director
- 1949The Forbidden StreetAssistant Director
- 1948The Fallen IdolAssistant Director
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