
Place of Birth:
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Date of Birth:
9/16/1922
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.

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

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
A Sense of Carol Reed
Best Ever Bond

Shadowing the Third Man

Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

The Goldfinger Phenomenon

Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

Inside 'Live and Let Die'

Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

Double-O Stunts

Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks

Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'