Brian Desmond Hurst

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.

Birthday

Feb 12, 1895

Place of birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Deathday

Sep 26, 1986

Also known as

Brian Desmond-Hurst

Credited in

As cast

Hangman's House
As Horse Race Spectator

As crew

Scrooge
Role: Director
Scrooge
Role: Producer
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Role: Producer
Malta Story
Role: Director
The Lion Has Wings
Role: Director
The Black Tent
Role: Director
Dangerous Moonlight
Role: Director
On the Night of the Fire
Role: Director
On the Night of the Fire
Role: Writer
Simba
Role: Director
Alibi
Role: Director
Hungry Hill
Role: Director
Behind the Mask
Role: Director
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
Role: Director
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
Role: Producer
Trottie True
Role: Director
His and Hers
Role: Director
Dangerous Exile
Role: Director
Riders to the Sea
Role: Director
The Tenth Man
Role: Director
The Mark of Cain
Role: Director
Sensation
Role: Director
Glamorous Night
Role: Director
Ourselves Alone
Role: Director
Alibi
Role: Script
Theirs Is the Glory
Role: Director
Prison Without Bars
Role: Director
The Hundred Pound Window
No picture available
Role: Director
The Playboy of the Western World
Role: Director
The Playboy of the Western World
Role: Screenplay
A Letter from Ulster
No picture available
Role: Director
The Tell-Tale Heart
Role: Director
The Tell-Tale Heart
Role: Writer
Riders to the Sea
Role: Writer
A Call for Arms!
No picture available
Role: Story
A Call for Arms!
No picture available
Role: Director