Hamerwasbornat179ChesterRoad,Kidderminster,alongwithhistwinBarbara,thesonofOwenDykeHamer,abankclerk,andAnnieGraceBrickell.HewaseducatedatRossallSchool,anindependentschoolforboysnearthetownofFleetwoodinLancashire,andwonascholarshiptoCorpusChristiCollege,Cambridgebutwassentdown.Hebeganhisfilmcareerin1934asacuttingroomassistant,andfrom1935workedasafilmeditorinvolvedwithsuchfilmsasHitchcock'sJamaicaInn(1939)co-producedbyCharlesLaughton.Attheendofthe1930s,heworkedondocumentariesfortheGPOFilmUnit.WhenhisbossattheGPO,AlbertoCavalcanti,movedtoEalingStudios,Hamerwasinvitedtojoinhimthere.Hegainedsomeexperienceasadirectorbysubstitutingforcolleaguesandcontributedthe'hauntedmirror'sequencetoDeadofNight(1945).HefollowedthiswiththethreeEalingfilmsunderhisownnameforwhichheisbestremembered:PinkStringandSealingWax(1946),ItAlwaysRainsonSunday(1947),bothfeaturingGoogieWithers,andKindHeartsandCoronets(1949),withDennisPriceandAlecGuinness.hewasanalcoholic,whobythetimeofhislastfilmasdirector,SchoolforScoundrels(1960)was"oftenbattlingterrifyingDThallucinations"(i.e.alcoholwithdrawalsymptoms,occurringonlyinpatientswithahistoryofalcoholism).BFIScreenonlinewritesthatHamerwas"arecoveringalcoholic"andthat"hefelloffthewagonduringproductionofSchoolForScoundrels,wassackedonthespot...andwouldneverworkintheindustryagain."Inactualfact,althoughheneverdirectedagain,hedidcontributetotwomorefilmscreenplaysbeforehedied.HamerwasalsohomosexualinanerawhenitwasillegalintheUK.Hediedofpneumoniaattheageof52atStThomas'sHospitalinLondon,andisburiedatLlandegley.AccordingtofilmcriticDavidThomson,Hamer'scareer"nowlookslikethemostseriousmiscarriageoftalentinthepostwarBritishcinema".

性别: 男

星座: 白羊座

生卒日期: 1911年03月31日 至 1963年12月04日

出生地: 英国,英格兰,伍斯特郡,基德明斯特

职业: 导演 / 编剧 / 剪辑 / 制片人 / 演员

更多外文名: Robert James Hamer

imdb编号: nm0357607

1954年 第15届威尼斯电影节 主竞赛单元 金狮奖 (提名) 布朗神父。

1949年 第10届威尼斯电影节 主竞赛单元 金狮奖 (提名) 仁心与冠冕。

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