Brian Desmond Hurst

Feb 12, 1895 - Sep 26, 1986 (91 years old) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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.