Guy Hamilton

Guy Hamilton

Born: September 16, 1922
Died: April 20, 2016
in 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.

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Movies for Guy Hamilton...

Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
Title: Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Discussion about Carol Reed's 1947 film "Odd Man Out."
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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Title: Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 2012
Type: Movie
Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic cars.
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Title: Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 2010
Type: Movie
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.
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A Sense of Carol Reed
Title: A Sense of Carol Reed
Character: Himself
Released: November 7, 2006
Type: Movie
The film director, Carol Reed, is the subject of this documentary short. The illegitimate son of the famous stage actor, 'Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree' , Reed was brilliant with actors, especially child actors, making him the perfect person to bring Oliver! to the screen. Reed is best known for three films he made in the late 1940s, and the documentary offers generous clips from Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, and the most famous of all, The Third Man. The film director, John Boorman, the assistant director, Guy Hamilton, the actors, Ron Moody and Bryan Forbes and the cinematographer, Oswald Morris, are among the interviewees.
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Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
Title: Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
Released: July 17, 2006
Type: Movie
An interview with Guy Hamilton.
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Shadowing the Third Man
Title: Shadowing the Third Man
Character: Himself
Released: October 11, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary about the production of The Third Man (1949).
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Best Ever Bond
Title: Best Ever Bond
Character: Self
Released: November 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
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Title: Top Gear
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2002
Type: TV
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
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Double-O Stunts
Title: Double-O Stunts
Released: December 7, 2000
Type: Movie
A look at the greatest stunts and stunt performers in the Bond films.
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Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Title: Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Character: Self
Released: October 17, 2000
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Diamonds are Forever"
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Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Title: Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Released: May 20, 2000
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"
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Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Title: Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"
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Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Title: Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 1995
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Thunderball".
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Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
Title: Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1995
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Goldfinger".
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The Goldfinger Phenomenon
Title: The Goldfinger Phenomenon
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A look at the marketing, advertising and merchandising of the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964) including trailers, interviews, TV spots and rare promotional films.
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Title: The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.
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Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Title: Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 1973
Type: Movie
Original 1973 short promotional documentary on the making of the 8th James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973).
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Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
Title: Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the staging and filming of the elevator fight sequence from the James Bond movie "Diamonds are Forever".