Guy Hamilton

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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia