Guy Hamilton

About the person

Career:

Directing

Date of birth:

1922-09-16

Place of birth:

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

Date of death

2016-04-20

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.

Filmography

Rating by year

Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
Self
2015-04-14
0.00
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
2012-10-29
6.23
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self
2010-03-23
7.012
A Sense of Carol Reed
Self
2006-11-07
0.00
Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
2006-07-17
6.01
Shadowing the Third Man
Himself
2004-10-11
6.68
Best Ever Bond
Self
2002-11-22
5.65
Double-O Stunts
2000-12-07
6.34
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Self
2000-10-17
7.54
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000-05-20
7.37
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999-10-19
7.45
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Self
1995-05-16
6.85
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
Self
1995-01-09
6.85
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
1995-01-01
6.04
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self
1982-01-01
8.33
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Self
1973-06-21
6.02
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
Narrator (voice)
1971-01-01
4.83