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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
Nov 8, 2022 · Val Guest (Republican Party) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 106. He assumed office on November 14, 2022. His current term ends on November 11, 2024. Guest (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 106.
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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.
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
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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.
May 27, 2006 · Val Guest, a prolific British filmmaker known for writing and directing a spate of genre films, some of them remarkably good and some of them remarkably bad, died on May 10 in Palm Desert,...