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Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-09-16 (102 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.

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Known For

Acting

2015

2012

2010

2006

2004

2002

Top Gear as Self

2000

1999

1995

1982

1973

1971

Directing

1989

1982

Evil Under the Sun as Director

1980

The Mirror Crack'd as Director

1978

1973

Live and Let Die as Director

1971

1969

Battle of Britain as Director

1966

Funeral in Berlin as Director

1965

The Party's Over as Director

1964

Goldfinger as Director
Man in the Middle as Director

1961

1960

A Touch of Larceny as Director

1959

1957

Manuela as Director

1956

Charley Moon as Director

1955

The Colditz Story as Director

1954

An Inspector Calls as Director

1953

The Intruder as Director

1952

The Ringer as Director
Home at Seven as Assistant Director
The African Queen as Assistant Director

1950

State Secret as Assistant Director
The Angel with the Trumpet as Assistant Director

1949

The Forbidden Street as Assistant Director
The Third Man as Assistant Director

1948

The Fallen Idol as Assistant Director

Writing

1960

1957

Manuela as Writer

1955