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Born | Valmond Maurice Grossman 11 December 1911 Maida Vale, London, England |
Died | 10 May 2006 Palm Springs, California, U.S. | (aged 94)
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Children | David Val Guest (1939–2014) |
Awards | Best 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]