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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.
Val Guest. Writer: The Day the Earth Caught Fire. Val Guest began his career as an actor on the British stage and in early sound films. He ran the one-man London office of "The Hollywood Reporter" until an encounter with director Marcel Varnel led to a screen writing job at Gainsborough Studios.
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- Maida Vale, London, England, UK
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- Palm Springs, California, USA
Val Guest is a candidate seeking the Republican nomination for South Carolina House District 106. He has called the Grand Strand home for much of his life, living in the Surfside area for over 30 years.
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Val Guest was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Guest earned a B.S. in business administration and management from The Citadel in 1982 and a J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1989. His career experience includes working as an attorney and partner with Ouverson, Guest & Carter PA. Guest served...
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Val Guest (1911-2006) had one of the most varied careers in film history, both in output and profession. Since 1932, he had tried his hand at writing, directing, producing, acting and composing, all in film and all with varying degrees of success.
- December 11, 1911
- May 10, 2006
May 22, 2006 · Val Guest, the versatile British director and screenwriter who directed the science-fiction classics “The Quatermass Xperiment” and “The Day the Earth Caught Fire,” has died. He was 94.
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May 10, 2006 · Val Guest (11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s.
