Guy Hamilton
Directing
- Born
- September 16, 1922 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Died
- April 20, 2016 (age 93)
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.
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Known for
Goldfinger
September 20, 1964
Diamonds Are Forever
December 14, 1971
Live and Let Die
June 27, 1973
The Man with the Golden Gun
December 4, 1974
The Third Man
August 31, 1949
The African Queen
January 7, 1952
Evil Under the Sun
March 5, 1982
Battle of Britain
September 15, 1969
Force 10 from Navarone
August 16, 1978
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
October 11, 1985
The Mirror Crack'd
February 6, 1980
The Fallen Idol
September 30, 1948
Behind the camera30
- 1989Try This One for Size Director
- 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Director
- 1982Evil Under the Sun Director
- 1980The Mirror Crack'd Director
- 1978Force 10 from Navarone Director
- 1974The Man with the Golden Gun Director
- 1973Live and Let Die Director
- 1971Diamonds Are Forever Director
- 1969Battle of Britain Director
- 1966Funeral in Berlin Director