Portrait of Robert Hamer

Directing

Robert Hamer

Career

Active from 1943 to 1964, busiest in 1945 and 1949 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Hamer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.2, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Satirical 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title ยท average score 56
How to Make a Killing
How to Make a Killing (2026)
GoodWatch score 56

Original Film Writer

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 85
A Jolly Bad Fellow
A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)

Writer

School for Scoundrels
School for Scoundrels (1960)
GoodWatch score 85

Director

1950s

7 titles ยท average score 57
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Director

Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw (1957)

Director

To Paris with Love
To Paris with Love (1955)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

Rowlandson's England
Rowlandson's England (1955)

Script

Father Brown
Father Brown (1954)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Director

The Long Memory
The Long Memory (1953)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Director

His Excellency
His Excellency (1952)

Director, Screenplay

1940s

11 titles ยท average score 73
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
GoodWatch score 91

Director, Screenplay

The Spider and the Fly
The Spider and the Fly (1949)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

It Always Rains on Sunday
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Writer

Dead of Night
Dead of Night (1945)
GoodWatch score 86

Director

Pink String and Sealing Wax
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Additional Writing

Fiddlers Three
Fiddlers Three (1944)

Associate Producer

San Demetrio London
San Demetrio London (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Producer

The Foreman Went to France
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

Editor

Ships with Wings
Ships with Wings (1941)

Editor

Turned Out Nice Again
Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Editor

French Communique
French Communique (1940)

Editor

1930s

2 titles ยท average score 57
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn (1939)
GoodWatch score 46

Editor

St. Martin's Lane
St. Martin's Lane (1938)
GoodWatch score 69

Editor