Director
Guy Hamilton
September 16, 1922 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Bernard Lee
4 titles together
Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die
Lois Maxwell
4 titles together
Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die
Harry Andrews
4 titles together
Battle of Britain, The Devil's Disciple, The Best of Enemies
Desmond Llewelyn
3 titles together
Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun
Roger Moore
3 titles together
Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Clifton James
3 titles together
Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Full filmography · 28
Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
cast
2006
Double-O Stunts
cast
2000
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
cast
2000
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
cast
1999
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
cast
1995
Try This One for Size
Director
1989
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Director
19856.3
Evil Under the Sun
Director
19826.9
The Mirror Crack'd
Director
19806.1
Force 10 from Navarone
Director
19786.2
The Man with the Golden Gun
Director
19746.5
Live and Let Die
Director
19736.5