DIRECTOR · FROM BELFAST, UK
Brian Desmond Hurst
1895–198629 credits since 1928
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ABOUT BRIAN
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born12 February 1895
Died26 September 1986
BirthplaceBelfast, UK
Known forDirecting
On Cineora8 of 29 titles
Known for
The titles people know Brian from.
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IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 8
- Average IMDb
- 6.5
- Highest rated
- ScroogeIMDb 8.1
- Working since
- 1928
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1960s
2 titles · IMDb 5.6 on average
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The 1950s
7 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
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The 1940s
10 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
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The Hundred Pound Window
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A Letter from Ulster
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The 1930s
9 titles · IMDb 6.0 on averageMovieDirector
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Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Brian’s titles.
Ralph RichardsonThe Lion Has Wings and On the Night of the Fire
Flora RobsonMalta Story and The Lion Has Wings
Terence YoungWriter · Theirs Is the Glory and On the Night of the Fire
C.M. Pennington-RichardsCinematographer · Scrooge and Theirs Is the Glory
Brian WorthScrooge and The Lion Has Wings
Richard AddinsellComposer · Scrooge and The Lion Has Wings
Ivan BrandtThe Lion Has Wings and On the Night of the Fire