Damien Hirst was a shark in formaldehyde in a vitrine, and sold for £50,000. The shark had been caught by a commissioned fisherman in Australia and had cost £6,000. The exhibition also included "In a Thousand Years". As a result of the show, Hirst was nominated for that year's Turner Prize, but it was awarded to Grenville Davey. Hirst's first major international presentation was in the Venice Biennale in 1993 with the work, "Mother and Child Divided", a cow and a calf cut into sections and exhibited in a series of separate vitrines. He curated the show "Some Went Mad, Some Ran
Brian Desmond Hurst So is Michael Hordern's ghostly Jacob Marley and the snowy, atmospheric photography of C.M. Pennington-Richards". Hurst produced "Tom Brown's Schooldays" (1951) and directed the box office success "Malta Story" (1953) featuring Alec Guinness as an RAF pilot helping to defend Malta. "The combination of an A list cast, the portrayal of the iron reliance of the Maltese people, the gallantry of the RAF pilots and a tragic love story were the four components of its success". Hurst went on to direct "Simba" (1955) featuring Dirk Bogarde and Donald Sinden and "The Black Tent" (1956) featuring Donald Pleasence, Anthony Steel and