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Robert Hamer

Robert Hamer

WriterDirectorCrewProductionProducer Mar 31 (died age 52) Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK 1938–2026 (88 year career)
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert James Hamer (31 March 1911, Kidderminster, Worcestershire – 4 December 1963, London) was a British film director and screenwriter. He was the son of the actor Gerald Hamer (1886-1972). Hamer was won a scholarship to Cambridge University but was sent down (expelled) from Cambridge, and began his career in 1934 as a cutting room assistant and from 1935 worked as a film editor involved with such films as Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn (1939) co-produced by C…

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Kind Hearts and Coronets
Film

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Director
Dead of Night
Film

Dead of Night

Director
Jamaica Inn
Film

Jamaica Inn

Editor
How to Make a Killing
Film

How to Make a Killing

Original Film Writer
School for Scoundrels
Film

School for Scoundrels

Director
It Always Rains on Sunday
Film

It Always Rains on Sunday

Director
The Scapegoat
Film

The Scapegoat

Director
St. Martin's Lane
Film

St. Martin's Lane

Editor

Filmography