Guy Hamilton
Born
September 16, 1922
Died
April 20, 2016 (93 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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
Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
Self
2015
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
2012
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self
2010
A Sense of Carol Reed
Self
2006
Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
2006
Shadowing the Third Man
Himself
2004
Best Ever Bond
Self
2002
Double-O Stunts
2000
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Self
2000
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Self
1995
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
Self
1995
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
1995
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self
1982
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Self
1973
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
Narrator (voice)
1971