Brian Desmond Hurst
1895 - 1986 (age 91) • Directing
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
Scrooge
74%
Director
1951
Malta Story
63%
Director
1953
Simba
66%
Director
1955
The Lion Has Wings
64%
Director
1939
Theirs Is the Glory
69%
Director
1946
His and Hers
53%
Director
1961
On the Night of the Fire
54%
Director
1939
Tom Brown's Schooldays
70%
Producer
1951
The Playboy of the Western World
63%
Director
1962
The Playboy of the Western World
63%
Screenplay
1962
His and Hers
53%
Director
1961
Behind the Mask
64%
Director
1958
Dangerous Exile
63%
Director
1957
The Black Tent
64%
Director
1956
Simba
66%
Director
1955
Malta Story
63%
Director
1953
Scrooge
74%
Director
1951
Scrooge
74%
Producer
1951
Tom Brown's Schooldays
70%
Producer
1951
Trottie True
70%
Director
1949
The Mark of Cain
62%
Director
1947
Hungry Hill
58%
Director
1947
Theirs Is the Glory
69%
Director
1946
The Hundred Pound Window
90%
Director
1944
A Letter from Ulster
Director
1943
Alibi
60%
Director
1942
Alibi
60%
Script
1942
Dangerous Moonlight
68%
Director
1941
A Call for Arms!
Story
1940
A Call for Arms!
Director
1940
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
40%
Director
1940
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
40%
Producer
1940
The Lion Has Wings
64%
Director
1939
On the Night of the Fire
54%
Director
1939
On the Night of the Fire
54%
Writer
1939
Prison Without Bars
75%
Director
1938