Brian Desmond Hurst
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 12, 1895, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Died
- September 26, 1986
- Movies
- 29
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1928 | Hangman's House | Horse Race Spectator |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1962 | The Playboy of the Western World | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | His and Hers | Director |
| 1958 | Behind the Mask | Director |
| 1957 | Dangerous Exile | Director |
| 1956 | The Black Tent | Director |
| 1955 | Simba | Director |
| 1953 | Malta Story | Director |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Director, Producer |
| 1951 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Producer |
| 1949 | Trottie True | Director |
| 1947 | The Mark of Cain | Director |
| 1947 | Hungry Hill | Director |
| 1946 | Theirs Is the Glory | Director |
| 1944 | The Hundred Pound Window | Director |
| 1943 | A Letter from Ulster | Director |
| 1942 | Alibi | Director |
| 1941 | Dangerous Moonlight | Director |
| 1940 | A Call for Arms! | Director |
| 1940 | Miss Grant Goes to the Door | Director, Producer |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Director |
| 1939 | On the Night of the Fire | Writer, Director |
| 1938 | Prison Without Bars | Director |
| 1937 | Glamorous Night | Director |
| 1936 | Sensation | Director |
| 1936 | The Tenth Man | Director |
| 1936 | Ourselves Alone | Director |
| 1935 | Riders to the Sea | Director, Writer |
| 1934 | The Tell-Tale Heart | Writer, Director |
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