Robert Hamer
Robert Hamer (born March 31, 1911 in Kidderminster , West Midlands , † December 4, 1963 in London ) was a British director and screenwriter .
Life
The son of actor Gerald Hamer published his own poems while studying at Cambridge University before entering the film industry as a clapper in 1934 . Four years later he was already working as a film editor and was among others in the section of Alfred Hitchcock's Reef pirates involved (1939). In 1941 he started working for Ealing Studios in London .
His contribution to the screenplay for Dream Without End ( Dead of Night ) was awarded the Locarno International Film Festival as the most interesting screenplay in 1946. As a director, he was nominated twice for the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival - in 1949 for Nobility and in 1954 for The Strange Ways of Father Brown.
Filmography
Director
- 1945: Dream without End ( Dead of night , episode film, one episode)
- 1945: Warning, poison! (Pink string and sealing wax)
- 1947: Whitechapel (It Always Rains on Sunday)
- 1949: Nobility obliged (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
- 1949: The master thief of Paris (The spider and the fly)
- 1952: Perjury (The long memory)
- 1954: The Strange Ways of Father Brown (Father Brown)
- 1955: After Paris with Love (To Paris with Love)
- 1958: The Scapegoat (The Scapegoat)
- 1960: School for Scoundrels
script
- 1962: 55 days at Beijing - Director: Nicholas Ray
- 1963: A jolly bad fellow is about to die - Director: Don Chaffey
Web links
- Robert Hamer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robert Hamer in nndb (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamer, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kidderminster , West Midlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1963 |
| Place of death | London |