See also: Hamilton

Guy Hamilton , director and British realizer, , born the September 16th 1922 with Paris (France) British parents. The first eight years of its youth occur between France and England, his/her father being press attaché with the embassy from Great Britain to Paris. It began in France (1939), with the studios of Victorine in Nice, as assistant realizer near Julien Duvivier for “ Untel father and wire ”. It joined London in 1940 and becomes assembler with the current events Paramount before being mobilized in Royal Navy. After the war, he becomes assistant of Alberto Cavalcanti, Sidney Gilliat and especially of Carol Reed with whom he will make, the First Disillusion (1948), the Third Man (1949) and, the Outlaw of the Islands (1952).

Biography

In 1952, it assists John Huston on “ African Queen ” before passing to the setting in scene with the assassin has humor . After films, an inspector requires and of you the untameable ones of Colditz . Its competences and its reputation enable him to begin with the realization in alternation with Terence Young, the adventures of the spy amateur of Dry Martini with an olive please . It signs thus in 1964, with Goldfinger , one of the most successful episodes of James Bond. He will film the good-byes of Sean Connery to the series Diamonds are eternal and will honor the arrival with Roger Moore with the man with the gold guns and Vivre and to let die . He will put thereafter in scene, another spy, Harry Palmer, incarnated by Michael Caine in My funeral in Berlin . He affirms his competences with through two films of war which are not other than the battle of England and the hurricane comes from Navarone before adapting two novels of Agatha Christie: the mirror broke and Meurtre with the sun .

Anecdote

For film of Superman (1978), the producers thought of entrusting the realization to Steven Spielberg, but in front of the fees requested, they hesitated and proposed this station with Guy Hamilton. In front of success gained at this time and the emoluments requested by Richard To give, they entrusted the project to this last.

Catalog of films

Assistant-realizer:

• 1939 : So-and-so Father and Wire

• 1948: The first Disillusion
• 1949: Britannia Mews
• 1949 : the Third Man
• 1950: The Angel with the Trumpet
• 1950: Secrecy of State
• 1951: the Odyssey of African Queen
• 1952: The Outlaw of the Islands

Realizer

• 1952 : the Assassin has Humor ( The Ringer )
• 1953: the Night Visitor ( The Intruder )
• 1954: an inspector requires of you ( An Inspector cal )
• 1955: the untameable ones of Colditz ( The Colditz Story )
• 1956: Charley Moon ( Charley Moon )
• 1957: Manuela ( Manuela )
• 1959: a Bit of Swindle (Touch off larceny has)
• 1959: The Devil' S disciple
• 1962: the Best Enemy ( The Best off enemy )
• 1964: the Business Winstone ( Man in the Middle )
• 1964: Goldfinger ( Goldfinger )
• 1965: The Party' S over
• 1966: My funeral in Berlin ( Funeral in Berlin )
• 1969: the Battle of England ( Battle off Britain )
• 1971: Diamonds are eternal ( Diamonds Are Forever )
• 1973: To live and let die ( Live and Let Die )
• 1974: the Man with the gold gun ( The Man with the Golden delicious Gun )
• 1978: the Hurricane comes from Navarone ( Force 10 from Navarone )
• 1980: the mirror broke ( The Mirror Crack' D )
• 1982: Murder with the sun ( Evil Under the Sun )
• 1985: Remo without weapon and dangerous ( Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins )
• 1989: Except your respect ( Try This One for Size )

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