Guy Hamilton

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

17

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-09-16

Day of death

2016-04-20 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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

  • Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

    Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

  • Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

    Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

  • Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'

    Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'

  • Best Ever Bond

    Best Ever Bond

  • Double-O Stunts

    Double-O Stunts

  • Inside 'Live and Let Die'

    Inside 'Live and Let Die'

  • The Goldfinger Phenomenon

    The Goldfinger Phenomenon

  • The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

    The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

  • Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

    Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

  • Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks

    Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks

  • Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'

    Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'

  • Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

    Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

  • Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

    Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

  • Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat

    Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat

  • Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

    Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

  • A Sense of Carol Reed

    A Sense of Carol Reed

  • Shadowing the Third Man

    Shadowing the Third Man