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{{Short description|British director and screenwriter (1911–2006)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Val Guest
| image = Director_Val_Guest.jpg
| birthname = Valmond Maurice Grossman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1911|12|11}}
| birth_place = [[Maida Vale]], London, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2006|5|10|1911|12|11}}
| death_place = [[Palm Springs, California]], U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Film director
* screenwriter
}}
| spouse = {{ubli|Violet Johnson (known as Pat Watson, 1935{{snd}}{{circa|1954}})<ref name="Hawtree">{{cite news | first=Christopher | last=Hawtree | url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/16/guardianobituaries.obituaries | title=Val Guest obituary | newspaper=The Guardian | date=16 May 2006}}</ref>|[[Yolande Donlan]] (1954–2006)}}
| children = David Val Guest (1939–2014)
| awards = [[BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay|Best British Screenplay]]: 1961 ''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]''
}}

'''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 Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and for his [[science fiction film]]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930s until the early 1980s.<ref name=ChibnallBFI>{{cite web|last=Chibnall|first=Steve|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/471342/|title=Guest, Val (1911-2006) Biography|publisher=BFI Screenonline}} Reprinted from ''Reference Guide to British and Irish Film Directors''</ref>