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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Top Gear

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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

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Shadowing the Third Man

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Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

Best Ever Bond

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The Goldfinger Phenomenon

Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'

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Inside 'Live and Let Die'

Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'

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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

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