The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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Val Guest (born Valmond Maurice Grossman; 11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was an English film director [2] 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.
- David Val Guest (1939–2014)
- 10 May 2006 (aged 94), Palm Springs, California, United States
- Valmond Maurice Grossman, 11 December 1911, Maida Vale, London, England
- Violet Johnson (known as Pat Watson, 1935–c.1954), Yolande Donlan (1954–2006)
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.
- January 1, 1
- Maida Vale, London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Palm Springs, California, USA
Val Guest was a versatile British filmmaker who wrote, directed, produced, acted and composed for various genres and studios. He is best known for his science fiction classics The Quatermass Xperiment and The Day the Earth Caught Fire.
- December 11, 1911
- May 10, 2006
By Dennis McLellan. May 22, 2006 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Val Guest, the versatile British director and screenwriter who directed the science-fiction classics “The Quatermass Xperiment”...
Mon 15 May 2006 19.01 EDT. 'It is the duty of all respectable people to keep their names out of the paper." So the film producer, director and scriptwriter Val Guest, who has died aged 94, was...
Feb 11, 2022 · By Ralph McLean. February 11, 2022 at 1:00AM GMT. Val Guest. TO MANY, Val Guest was the definition of a journeyman director. However, such a label, while understandable given his prolific...
May 27, 2006 · 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...
