Brian Desmond Hurst

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-02-12 (91 years old)

Deathday

1986-09-26

Place of Birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Brian Desmond Hurst

Biography

Brian Desmond Hurst was an Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director by BBC film critic Mike Catto. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.

Acting

1928

Hangman's House

as Horse Race Spectator

Production

1951

Scrooge

as Director

1951

Scrooge

as Producer

1951

1953

Malta Story

as Director

1939

1956

The Black Tent

as Director

1941

1955

Simba

as Director

1942

Alibi

as Director

1947

Hungry Hill

as Director

1958

Behind the Mask

as Director

1949

Trottie True

as Director

1961

His and Hers

as Director

1957

Dangerous Exile

as Director

1935

1936

The Tenth Man

as Director

1947

The Mark of Cain

as Director

1936

Sensation

as Director

1937

Glamorous Night

as Director

1936

Ourselves Alone

as Director

1942

Alibi

as Script

1946

1938

1943

1934

1934

1935

1940

1940

A Call for Arms!

as Director

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