Robert Hamer - biography
1911-1963Biography
Robert Hamer is best-known for the following films:
- San Demetrio London (1943)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- Pink String and Sealing Wax (1946)
- The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
- It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
- The Spider and the Fly (1949)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- The Long Memory (1952)
- Father Brown (1954)
- To Paris with Love (1955)
- School for Scoundrels (1960)
Robert Hamer Quotes
“It’s flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it’s not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it’s the only picture you’ve ever made.”“That picture has become a sort of yardstick for everything else I’ve done.”
Filmography
The Film Director
Robert Hamer directed the following films:San Demetrio London (1943)
Dead of Night (1945)
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1946)
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The Spider and the Fly (1949)
The Long Memory (1952)
His Excellency (1952)
Father Brown (1954)
To Paris with Love (1955)
The Scapegoat (1959)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
The Writer
Robert Hamer contributed to the screenplay for the following films:San Demetrio London (1943)
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1946)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
His Excellency (1952)
The Long Memory (1952)
Father Brown (1954)
The Scapegoat (1959)
55 Days at Peking (1963)



