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.

Guy Hamilton

Directing Born September 16, 1922 – Died April 20, 2016 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.

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

Known For

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

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Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

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Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

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Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'

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Shadowing the Third Man

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Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

A Sense of Carol Reed

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Inside 'Live and Let Die'

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

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Best Ever Bond

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Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

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