Robert Hamer (Robert) a.k.a Robert James Hamer was a British film director and screenwriter, born on March 31, 1911 in Kidderminster, Wyre Forest, West Midlands (England). Robert was a son of Owen Dyke Hamer, a bank clerk and Annie Grace Brickell. Robert began his career in the film industry as a film editor of Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn. Robert made his directorial debut with Pink String and Sealing Wax followed by It Always Rains on Sunday, Kind Hearts and Coronets, School for Scoundrels etc. He died on December 04, 1963 in London.