LONDON, England April 21, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) –Guy Hamilton, the director of four James Bond films, has died on the Mediterranean island of Majorca at the age of 93, according to Variety.
Hamilton directed two different James Bonds, in 1964’s “Goldfinger” and 1971’s “Diamonds are Forever,” he worked with Sean Connery. He also directed 1973’s “Live and Let Die” and 1974’s “The Man with the Golden Gun,” starring Roger Moore as 007.
In a statement, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson told Variety: “We mourn the loss of our dear friend Guy Hamilton who firmly distilled the Bond formula in his much celebrated direction of “Goldfinger” and continued to entertain audiences with ‘Diamonds Are Forever,’ ‘Live and Let Die’ and ‘The Man with the Golden Gun.’ We celebrate his enormous contribution to the Bond films.”
Hamilton also directed many other films including, “Funeral in Berlin,” “Battle of Britain” and 1978’s “Force 10 From Navarone,” starring Harrison Ford.
His Bond movies, in common with his other pics, were marked by a wry humor, rooted in his war-time experience. “Everybody was a bit facetious, and the typical English thing is to make jokes in order to pretend you’re not frightened,” Hamilton once said.
