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 234,030 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 5,048th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,917th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 16

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  • 2.54

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  • 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 5,048 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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Filmography

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Director
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
Nov 1o 19616.818 / 10
Casino Royale
Director
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
Apr 13o 19675.301 / 10
The Quatermass Xperiment
Director
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
Aug 26o 19556.547 / 10