Val Guest

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Val Guest
Born
Valmond Maurice Grossman

(1911-12-11)11 December 1911
Maida Vale, London, England
Died10 May 2006(2006-05-10) (aged 94)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Spouses
  • Violet Johnson (known as Pat Watson, 1935 – c. 1954)[1]
  • Yolande Donlan (1954–2006)
ChildrenDavid Val Guest (1939–2014)
AwardsBest British Screenplay: 1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Val Guest (born Valmond Maurice Grossman; 11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was an English film director and screenwriter. Beginning as a writer (and later director) of comedy films, he is best known for his work for Hammer, for whom he directed 14 films, and for his science fiction films. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930s until the early 1980s.[2]

  1. ^ Hawtree, Christopher (16 May 2006). "Val Guest obituary". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Chibnall, Steve. "Guest, Val (1911-2006) Biography". BFI Screenonline. Reprinted from Reference Guide to British and Irish Film Directors