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Early life. Hamilton was born in Paris on 16 September 1922, son of Frederick William Guy Hamilton (1895-1988), press attaché to the British embassy in Paris and Captain in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Winifred Grace Culling (1895-1970), daughter of William Archibald Culling Fremantle, of the Church Missionary Society in India.
Guy Hamilton (1922-2016) was a British director known for his war dramas, action adventures and James Bond films. He worked with Carol Reed, John Huston and Albert R. Broccoli, and retired to Majorca in the 1980s.
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Guy Hamilton. Director: Live and Let Die. Typically British stiff-upper-lip war dramas and action adventure laced with moments of sophisticated comedy were Guy Hamilton's trademark. The son of a British diplomat, he spent most of his youth with his family in France, seemingly destined to be groomed for a career in the diplomatic service. Growing up, he became enthralled with French cinema (and ...
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Apr 22, 2016 · Guy Hamilton was born on Sept. 16, 1922, in Paris, where his father was a press attaché to the British Embassy. Early on, he became a passionate film fan.
Apr 21, 2016 · Guy Hamilton, who helmed four James Bond films starring Sean Connery and Roger Moore, passed away in Majorca in 2016. He also directed The Battle of Britain, Force 10 From Navarone and other classics.
Apr 20, 2016 · 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 ...
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Apr 21, 2016 · Share story. MADRID (AP) — Movie director Guy Hamilton, who directed four hugely popular James Bond films and raised the profile of the Bond movie brand through his work with actors Sean Connery ...
