Guy Hamilton

Director

Born: September 16, 1922 (93 years old)

Died: April 20, 2016

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (30)

• Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010, ★ 7)
• Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000, ★ 7.2)
• The Third Man (1949, ★ 7.9)
• Live and Let Die (1973, ★ 6.5)
• Goldfinger (1964, ★ 7.4)
• Shadowing the Third Man (2004, ★ 6.1)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971, ★ 6.4)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974, ★ 6.5)
• Evil Under the Sun (1982, ★ 6.9)
• Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985, ★ 6.2)
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980, ★ 6.1)
• Battle of Britain (1969, ★ 6.9)
• Funeral in Berlin (1966, ★ 6.4)
• The Party's Over (1965, ★ 6.7)
• The Colditz Story (1955, ★ 6.8)
• Force 10 from Navarone (1978, ★ 6.2)
• The Best of Enemies (1961, ★ 6.9)
• An Inspector Calls (1954, ★ 7.2)
• A Touch of Larceny (1960, ★ 5.9)
• The Devil's Disciple (1959, ★ 6.5)
• Man in the Middle (1964, ★ 6.4)
• The Ringer (1952, ★ 5.7)
• Manuela (1957, ★ 5.7)
• Home at Seven (1952, ★ 6.4)
• The Intruder (1953, ★ 7.2)
• Try This One for Size (1989, ★ 7.2)
• The Fallen Idol (1948, ★ 7.2)
• The Forbidden Street (1949, ★ 6.7)
• State Secret (1950, ★ 6.7)
• The African Queen (1952, ★ 7.4)