About Guy Hamilton
Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton was an English film director. He directed 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four James Bond films. I just knew that’s where I wanted to make my career." Hamilton's first exposure to the film industry came in 1938, when he was a clapperboard boy at the Victorine Studios in Nice. During this service, he was left behind for a month in occupied Brittany; he was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. I'd never done it before and won't do it again.
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