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Brian Desmond Hurst

Brian Desmond Hurst

Director · 1895–1986 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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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.

Directed 24

1960s

  1. 1962

    The Playboy of the Western World

    Director

  2. 1961

    His and Hers

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    Behind the Mask

    Director

  2. 1957

    Dangerous Exile

    Director

  3. 1956

    The Black Tent

    Director

  4. 1955

    Simba

    Director

  5. 1953

    Malta Story

    Director

  6. 1951

1940s

  1. 1949

    Trottie True

    Director

  2. 1947

    The Mark of Cain

    Director

  3. Hungry Hill

    Director

  4. 1946

    Theirs Is the Glory

    Director

  5. 1942

    Alibi

    Director

  6. 1941

    Dangerous Moonlight

    Director

  7. 1940

    Miss Grant Goes to the Door

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Lion Has Wings

    Director

  2. On the Night of the Fire

    Director

  3. 1938

    Prison Without Bars

    Director

  4. 1937

    Glamorous Night

    Director

  5. 1936

    Sensation

    Director

  6. The Tenth Man

    Director

  7. Ourselves Alone

    Director

  8. 1935

    Riders to the Sea

    Director

  9. 1934

    The Tell-Tale Heart

    Director

Wrote 4

1960s

  1. 1962

    The Playboy of the Western World

    Screenplay

1930s

  1. 1939

    On the Night of the Fire

    Writer

  2. 1935

    Riders to the Sea

    Writer

  3. 1934

    The Tell-Tale Heart

    Writer, Story

Produced 3

1950s

  1. 1951
  2. Tom Brown's Schooldays

    Producer

1940s

  1. 1940

    Miss Grant Goes to the Door

    Producer

Other crew 2

1940s

  1. 1942

    Alibi

    Script

1930s

  1. 1934

    The Tell-Tale Heart

    Cinematography

Acted in 1

1920s

  1. 1928

    Hangman's House

    Horse Race Spectator