Guy Hamilton (1922-2016) was born in Paris to British parents, served in the Royal Navy and learned film as an assistant to Carol Reed on The Third Man. He directed the war story The Colditz Story (1955) before Goldfinger (1964), the third James Bond film and the one that fixed the series' formula of gadgets, villains' lairs and quips. He returned for Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), and also directed the large-scale Battle of Britain (1969).
Filmography
- Goldfinger (1964)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Live and Let Die (1973)