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Guy Hamilton

Born 1922-09-16

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

Goldfinger 1964 · 7.7 Live and Let Die 1973 · 6.7 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 · 6.5 The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 · 6.7 Battle of Britain 1969 · 6.9 Evil Under the Sun 1982 · 7.0 Force 10 from Navarone 1978 · 6.4 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 1985 · 6.4 The Mirror Crack'd 1980 · 6.2 Funeral in Berlin 1966 · 6.8 An Inspector Calls 1954 · 7.5 The Colditz Story 1955 · 6.9 The Devil's Disciple 1959 · 7.0 The Winston Affair 1964 · 6.6 Diamonds Are Forever: Lesson #007 - Close Quarters Combat 1971 · 6.4