Brian Desmond Hurst

Directing - Born Feb 12, 1895 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK - Died Sep 26, 1986

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.