Guy Hamilton

22 films directed

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.

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Most directed genres

Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 92 mi Total budget from 9 film(s) with data
US$ 504 mi Total box office from 8 film(s) with data
US$ 10 mi Average budget from 9 film(s) with data
US$ 63 mi Average box office from 8 film(s) with data
6.6 Average rating from 12 film(s) with data
6.2× Return on investment from 7 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Try This One for Size	1989	—	—	7.4
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	1985	US$ 40 mi	US$ 14 mi	6.3
Evil Under the Sun	1982	US$ 10 mi	US$ 6 mi	6.9
The Mirror Crack'd	1980	—	US$ 11 mi	6.1
Force 10 from Navarone	1978	US$ 5 mi	US$ 7 mi	6.2
The Man with the Golden Gun	1974	US$ 7 mi	US$ 98 mi	6.5
Live and Let Die	1973	US$ 7 mi	US$ 126 mi	6.5
Diamonds Are Forever	1971	US$ 7 mi	US$ 116 mi	6.4
Battle of Britain	1969	US$ 12 mi	—	6.8
Funeral in Berlin	1966	—	—	6.4
The Party's Over	1965	—	—	6.6
Goldfinger	1964	US$ 3 mi	US$ 125 mi	7.4
Man in the Middle	1964	—	—	6.5
The Best of Enemies	1961	—	—	6.9
A Touch of Larceny	1960	—	—	6.0
The Devil's Disciple	1959	—	—	6.6
Manuela	1957	—	—	6.3
Charley Moon	1956	—	—	7.0
The Colditz Story	1955	US$ 600,000	—	6.8
An Inspector Calls	1954	—	—	7.2
The Intruder	1953	—	—	7.6
The Ringer	1952	—	—	6.1

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