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Director | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Writer

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Was originally hired to direct Superman, when the film was scheduled to film in Italy, but when production moved to England, Hamilton backed out because he could only be in England for thirty days a year for tax reasons. He left and was replaced by Richard Donner.

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in Paris, France
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1952 Murder on Monday (assistant director)
 
1951 The African Queen (assistant director)
 
1951 Outcast of the Islands (assistant director)
 
1950 The Great Manhunt (assistant director)
 
1950 The Angel with the Trumpet (assistant director)
 
1949 The Third Man (assistant director)
 
1949 The Forbidden Street (assistant director)
 
1948 The Fallen Idol (assistant director)
 
1948 Anna Karenina (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1947 Mine Own Executioner (second assistant director - uncredited)
 
1947 I Became a Criminal (assistant director - uncredited)
 
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1959 A Touch of Larceny
 
1957 Stowaway Girl
 
1955 The Colditz Story (adaptation and script)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2006 A Sense of Carol Reed (video documentary short) (private photographic collections courtesy of)
 
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me (director: pre-production - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
2006 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (video documentary) (illustrator)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2006 Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat (video)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2013 Fifties British War Films: Days of Glory (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Top Gear (TV series)
Diamonds are Forever / Himself - Director, Goldfinger / Live and Let Die / …
– 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012) … Himself - Director, Goldfinger/Diamonds are Forever/Live and Let Die/The Man with the Golden Gun
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) … Himself
– Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) … Himself
 
2006 A Sense of Carol Reed (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Shadowing the Third Man (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 A Film for the Few: Making 'Battle of Britain' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Best Ever Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Double-O Stunts (video documentary short)
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2000 Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Inside 'Live and Let Die' (video documentary short)
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1995 The Goldfinger Phenomenon (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 30 Years of James Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1973 Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary (documentary short)
Himself
 
1969 The Battle for The Battle of Britain (TV documentary)
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1966 Man at the Wall (documentary short)
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Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2006 On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (video documentary short)
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2000 Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (video documentary short)
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Other Works:

DVD commentaries on the following "James Bond" films: The Man with the Golden Gun, Live and Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever, Goldfinger. See more »

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1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Interview  | See more »
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Personal Quote:

On directing Sean Connery in Diamonds Are Forever: "You don't tell Sean Connery how to play James Bond!" See more »

Trivia:

Was originally hired to direct Superman, when the film was scheduled to film in Italy, but when production moved to England, Hamilton backed out because he could only be in England for thirty days a year for tax reasons. He left and was replaced by Richard Donner. See more »

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