Guy Hamilton
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Birthday: September 16, 1922
Deathday: April 20, 2016
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Gender: Male
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Overview: Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-23
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A Sense of Carol Reed
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-07
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Best Ever Bond
Overview: Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-22
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Shadowing the Third Man
Overview: Documentary about the production of The Third Man (1949).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-11
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Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'
Overview: Discussion about Carol Reed's 1947 film "Odd Man Out."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-14
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The Goldfinger Phenomenon
Overview: A look at the marketing, advertising and merchandising of the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964) including trailers, interviews, TV spots and rare promotional films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Goldfinger".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-09
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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Overview: Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic cars.
Genres: Documentary Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-29
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Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
Overview: Short documentary about the staging and filming of the elevator fight sequence from the James Bond movie "Diamonds are Forever".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Diamonds are Forever"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-17
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Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Overview: Original 1973 short promotional documentary on the making of the 8th James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-21
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Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-20
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Double-O Stunts
Overview: A look at the greatest stunts and stunt performers in the Bond films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-07
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Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks
Overview: An interview with Guy Hamilton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-17
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Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Thunderball".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-16
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