
Directing
Brian Desmond Hurst
EN cinema · 29 credits
Born
12 February 1895
Died
26 September 1986 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Also known as Brian Desmond-Hurst
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
Filmography

The Playboy of the Western World
Director, Screenplay

His and Hers
Director

Behind the Mask
Director

Dangerous Exile
Director

The Black Tent
Director

Simba
Director

Malta Story
Director

Scrooge
Director, Producer

Trottie True
Director

Hungry Hill
Director

The Mark of Cain
Director

Theirs Is the Glory
Director

Alibi
Director, Script

Dangerous Moonlight
Director

Miss Grant Goes to the Door
Director, Producer
A Call for Arms!
1940
A Call for Arms!
Story, Director

The Lion Has Wings
Director

On the Night of the Fire
Director, Writer

Prison Without Bars
Director

Glamorous Night
Director

The Tenth Man
Director

Sensation
Director

Ourselves Alone
Director

Riders to the Sea
Director, Writer

The Tell-Tale Heart
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Story

Hangman's House
as Horse Race Spectator


