Brian Desmond Hurst

Director

Born: February 12, 1895 (91 years old)

Died: September 26, 1986

Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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.

Filmography (16)

• Hangman's House (1928, ★ 6.6)
• Scrooge (1951, ★ 7.4)
• Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951, ★ 6.9)
• Malta Story (1953, ★ 5.9)
• The Lion Has Wings (1939, ★ 6.2)
• The Black Tent (1956, ★ 6)
• Dangerous Moonlight (1941, ★ 6.4)
• Simba (1955, ★ 6.4)
• On the Night of the Fire (1939, ★ 5.2)
• Hungry Hill (1947, ★ 5.4)
• Behind the Mask (1958, ★ 6)
• Dangerous Exile (1957, ★ 6.2)
• The Mark of Cain (1947, ★ 6)
• Theirs Is the Glory (1946, ★ 6.8)
• His and Hers (1961, ★ 4.9)
• The Playboy of the Western World (1962, ★ 5.6)