Person
Brian Desmond Hurst
Directing · 1895–1986 · 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.
Known for
Scrooge
Director
Behind the Mask
Director
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Producer
The Lion Has Wings
Director
Malta Story
Director
Dangerous Moonlight
Director
Theirs Is the Glory
Director
The Black Tent
Director
The Tell-Tale Heart
Director
Trottie True
Director
Filmography
- 1962The Playboy of the Western WorldDirector
- 1961His and HersDirector
- 1958Behind the MaskDirector
- 1957Dangerous ExileDirector
- 1956The Black TentDirector
- 1955SimbaDirector
- 1953Malta StoryDirector
- 1951ScroogeDirector
- 1951Tom Brown's SchooldaysProducer
- 1949Trottie TrueDirector
- 1947The Mark of CainDirector
- 1947Hungry HillDirector
- 1946Theirs Is the GloryDirector
- 1944The Hundred Pound WindowDirector
- 1943A Letter from UlsterDirector
- 1942AlibiDirector
- 1941Dangerous MoonlightDirector
- 1940A Call for Arms!Story
- 1940Miss Grant Goes to the DoorDirector
- 1939The Lion Has WingsDirector
- 1939On the Night of the FireDirector
- 1938Prison Without BarsDirector
- 1937Glamorous NightDirector
- 1936SensationDirector
- 1936The Tenth ManDirector
- 1936Ourselves AloneDirector
- 1935Riders to the SeaDirector
- 1934The Tell-Tale HeartDirector
- 1928Hangman's HouseHorse Race Spectator
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