After directing his first feature, a mystery thriller called The Ringer (1952), Hamilton worked steadily in feature films for over 30 years. Starting with genre films of the 1950s, recognition led to Hamilton being offered big-budget, international productions where he developed a knack for creating large-scale action sequences. Beyond directing both Sean Connery and Roger Moore as James Bond, Hamilton helmed some of the most well known British war films such as A Touch of Larceny (1959); for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Screenplay; The Colditz Story (1955), Battle of Britain (1969) and Force 10 From Navarone (1978).
In the interview, Hamilton expresses his gratitude and satisfaction to the DGA for fighting for his, and other directors’, economic and creative rights, most notably the push to defend against piracy.