FILM DIRECTOR

Val Guest

1911 - 2006

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Val Guest has received more than 252,468 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Val Guest is the 1,454th most popular film director (down from 1,397th in 2019), the 5,049th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,917th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Val Guest ranks 1,454 out of 2,041. Before him are Benno von Arent, Vincent Sherman, Alexander Drankov, Montxo Armendáriz, Alexandre Aja, and Rowland V. Lee. After him are Johannes Schaaf, Joseph Pevney, Mary Lambert, Rodrigo Prieto, Edward Sedgwick, and Jorge Fons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Val Guest ranks 365. Before him are Rezső Somlai, Helmut Berthold, Norman Malcolm, Michael Hordern, Johan van Hulst, and Héctor Freschi. After him are Joseph Pevney, Rudolf Kotormány, Kristina Brenk, Eric Williams, Helmut Braselmann, and Alfons Dorfner. Among people deceased in 2006, Val Guest ranks 341. Before him are Lou Jones, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Rubén Marcos, Catherine Leroy, Darren McGavin, and Vincent Sherman. After him are Jon Nödtveidt, Sofia Muratova, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Ossi Reichert, Bernie Geoffrion, and G. William Miller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Val Guest ranks 5,049 out of 8,785. Before him are Neville Southall (1958), Bruce Robinson (1946), James Jones (1873), Jessie J (1988), Richard Barbieri (1957), and Margaret Oliphant (1828). After him are Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Steve Jackson (1951), Clive Standen (1981), Roma Ryan (1950), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Val Guest ranks 110. Before him are Basil Dearden (1911), Michael Winterbottom (1961), Stuart Baird (1947), Irving Rapper (1898), Clive Donner (1926), and Peter Lord (1953). After him are Peter Glenville (1913), Adrian Biddle (1952), Gareth Edwards (1975), Phyllida Lloyd (1957), Andrea Arnold (1961), and Bryan Forbes (1926).

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