- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 16, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Died
- April 20, 2016
Guy Hamilton
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
moviePostwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
2015 · Self
movieTop Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012 · Self
movieEmbracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010 · Self
A Sense of Carol Reed
movieA Sense of Carol Reed
2006 · Self
movieGuy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
2006
movieShadowing the Third Man
2004 · Himself
Best Ever Bond
movieBest Ever Bond
2002 · Self
movieDouble-O Stunts
2000
movieInside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000 · Self
movieInside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
movieInside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
movieBehind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
1995 · Self
movieBehind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
1995 · Self
movieThe Goldfinger Phenomenon
1995
movieTry This One for Size
1989 · Director
movieRemo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985 · Director
movieEvil Under the Sun
1982 · Director
movieThe Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982 · Self
movieThe Mirror Crack'd
1980 · Director
movieForce 10 from Navarone
1978 · Director
movieThe Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Director
movieLive and Let Die
1973 · Director
movieBond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973 · Self
movieDiamonds Are Forever
1971 · Director
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
movieLesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
1971 · Narrator (voice)
movieBattle of Britain
1969 · Director
movieFuneral in Berlin
1966 · Director
movieThe Party's Over
1965 · Director
movieGoldfinger
1964 · Director
movieMan in the Middle
1964 · Director
movieThe Best of Enemies
1961 · Director
movieA Touch of Larceny
1960 · Director, Writer
movieThe Devil's Disciple
1959 · Director
movieManuela
1957 · Director, Writer
movieCharley Moon
1956 · Director
movieThe Colditz Story
1955 · Director, Writer
movieAn Inspector Calls
1954 · Director
movieThe Intruder
1953 · Director
movieThe Ringer
1952 · Director
movieHome at Seven
1952 · Assistant Director
movieThe African Queen
1952 · Assistant Director
movieState Secret
1950 · Assistant Director
movieThe Angel with the Trumpet
1950 · Assistant Director
movieThe Third Man
1949 · Assistant Director
movieThe Forbidden Street
1949 · Assistant Director
movieThe Fallen Idol
1948 · Assistant Director