Directing
Val Guest
- Career
Active from 1936 to 2025, with a break from 1985 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
The Day the Earth Caught Fire79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.4
- Family Dynamics2.9, average 4.8
- Coming of Age1.4, average 3.0
- Pathos3.7, average 5.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Slapstick Humor 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Classic British Comedy 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Showbiz Satire 2
- Character Study 2
- Nostalgic Atmosphere 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Classic Cinema 2
- Intriguing Plot 2
- Ensemble Cast 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- BBill LennyEditorCasino Royale, Where the Spies Are, The Abominable Snowman, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, +11 more
Reginald BeckwithActorThe Day the Earth Caught Fire, The Men of Sherwood Forest, Another Man's Poison, Break in the Circle, Dentist in the Chair, +7 more- MMarriott EdgarWriterOh, Mr. Porter!, I Thank You, Bees in Paradise, The Ghost Train, Ask a Policeman, +7 more
Marcel VarnelDirectorOh, Mr. Porter!, I Thank You, Ask a Policeman, Where's That Fire, King Arthur Was a Gentleman, +5 more
Yolande DonlanActorJigsaw, They Can't Hang Me, Miss Pilgrim's Progress, Mr. Drake's Duck, Expresso Bongo, +3 more- AArthur GrantCinematographerWhere the Spies Are, The Abominable Snowman, Hell Is a City, Jigsaw, Yesterday's Enemy, +3 more
Moore MarriottActorOh, Mr. Porter!, I Thank You, Ask a Policeman, Where's That Fire, Back-Room Boy, +2 more
Arthur AskeyActorI Thank You, Bees in Paradise, The Ghost Train, Miss London Ltd., The Nose Has It!, +2 more- RR. E. DearingEditorBees in Paradise, Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It, Give Us the Moon, Ask a Policeman, Miss London Ltd., +2 more
Graham MoffattActorOh, Mr. Porter!, I Thank You, Ask a Policeman, Where's That Fire, Back-Room Boy, +1 more
Peter GawthorneActorI Thank You, Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It, Ask a Policeman, Where's That Fire, Gasbags, +1 more
Garry MarshActorPaper Orchid, Just William's Luck, I'll Be Your Sweetheart, Miss Pilgrim's Progress, Murder at the Windmill, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
822020s
1 title
Director
1990s
1 title · average score 77
GoodWatch score 77Thanks
1980s
7 titles · average score 65
GoodWatch score 75Director
GoodWatch score 57Director
GoodWatch score 73Director
GoodWatch score 50Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 66Screenplay, Director
Screenplay
GoodWatch score 68Director
1970s
9 titles · average score 41
GoodWatch score 40Screenplay, Director
Director
Director
GoodWatch score 42Director, Screenplay
Director
GoodWatch score 41Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 31Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 49Director, Writer
1960s
11 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch score 59Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 46Director, Additional Dialogue
GoodWatch score 49Producer, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 56Screenplay, Producer
GoodWatch score 57Producer, Director
GoodWatch score 79Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 79Director, Producer
GoodWatch score 68Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 51Director, Screenplay
Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 46Screenplay
1950s
25 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch score 71Director
GoodWatch score 46Director, Producer
GoodWatch score 68Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 61Director
GoodWatch score 74Screenplay, Director
Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 70Director, Screenplay
Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 62Director
GoodWatch score 64Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 67Writer
GoodWatch score 69Screenplay
1940s
18 titles · average score 64
Screenplay
Writer, Director
Director, Screenplay
Screenplay, Director
Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 62Writer, Director
Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 64Original Story, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 59Writer
GoodWatch score 66Screenplay
GoodWatch score 70Writer
1930s
10 titles · average score 72
GoodWatch score 78Screenplay
GoodWatch score 72Writer
GoodWatch score 68Writer
GoodWatch score 78Screenplay
GoodWatch score 66Writer
Screenplay, Dialogue
as Newspaper reporter
as Gangster
as Party Guest