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Born: September 16, 1922 (Paris, France)

Died: N/A

Bond Films Directed:

• Goldfinger (1964)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Live and Let Die (1973)
• The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
  

Notable Non-Bond Films Directed:

• The Ringer (1952)
• Manuela (1957)
• A Touch of Larceny (1959)
• Funeral in Berlin (1966)
• The Battle of Britain (1969)
• Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
• Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
• Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun (1982)

Brief Bio:
Born in 1922 in Paris, Guy Hamilton grew up with the poperatcy that Paris had to offer. Guy choose to be a director at an early age. Hamilton directed a total of four James Bond Films, winning a Best Film award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for Live and Let Die. He deeply loved his years working on the Bond franchise, even stating : "You don't have to tell Sean Connery how to play James Bond." When asked how 007 has so much appeal, Guy Hamilton stated the infamous quote "A lot of 007's appeal, let's face it, stems from his doing with the ladies. So, find the ladies, and we've won half the battle."

Bond Actors Directed:

• Sean Connery (Goldfinger; Diamonds Are Forever)
• Roger Moore (Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun)
  

Best Remembered For:
The Golden Rule - "One of the rules with the Bond pictures is that you're not allowed to have a leading lady who can act - because we can't afford them....If ever we were to have a real leading lady, the next time around we'd have to find another one. And in no time at all we'd have to have, oh, Jane Fonda for $2 million and up."

Hamilton is known for bringing escapism and more emphasis on humor into the Bond franchise, modeling it for many directors who followed through his first film Goldfinger. This similar humor also shaped the Moore era of the franchise with him behind the first two films.