Guy Hamilton

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Nationality: British
Birthdate: 09/11/1922
Birthplace: Paris, France

biography

Born and raised in France, British director Guy Harrison learned his craft as an assistant director apprenticing with the likes of Julien Duvivier ("Anna Karenina" 1948), Carol Reed ("The Fallen Idol" 1948, "Outcast of the Islands" 1951), Orson Welles ("The Third Man" 1949) and John Huston ("The African Queen" 1951). A competent craftsman, he showed early promise with "Manuela/The The Stowaway Girl" (1957) and "A Touch of Larceny" (1961), both of which he co-scripted. But time revealed him to be at his best with spy movies such as the underrated "Funeral in Berlin" (1966) and his four James Continued

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Born and raised in France
1939 
Apprenticed at Victorine Studios in Nice
1940 
First credit, as fourth asssitant director on Julien Duvivier's "Untel pere et fils/The Heart of a Nation"
1940 
Served in Royal Navy during WWII
1948 
Reteamed with Duvivier as assistant director for Venetian location scenes of "Anna Karenina"
Continued

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