---
name: "Don Guest"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-guest"
fi1m_id: "don-guest"
imdb_id: "nm0346395"
tmdb_id: 9882
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 July 1934"
died: "23 April 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T17:30:23.346696+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Don Guest

## Identity

Don Guest

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-guest
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** don-guest
- **IMDb ID:** nm0346395
- **TMDB ID:** 9882
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9882

Producer. Born 16 July 1934 in Oklahoma, USA. Died 23 April 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 July 1934, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 23 April 2010
- **Active:** 1971–1984
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (2), 1980s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $31m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9882

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Paris, Texas*](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Don Guest was an American film producer and production manager. Born in Oklahoma in 1934, he moved with his family to Los Angeles during the Dust Bowl era. He began his career in television at ZIV-TV before working as a production manager on features including Michelangelo Antonioni’s *Zabriskie Point* (1970), Peter Bogdanovich’s *The Last Picture Show* (1971) and Sam Peckinpah’s *The Getaway* (1972).

As a producer, Guest’s credits include Paul Schrader’s *Blue Collar* (1978), Wim Wenders’s *Hammett* (1982) and *Paris, Texas* (1984), the latter winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes. He later produced *At Close Range* (1986) and the international co-production *Shadow of China* (1990). Guest died on 23 April 2010 in Tours, France, where he had lived for nine years.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)
- *Sounder* (1972), Fi1m 83, Assistant Director, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/sounder.md)
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Fi1m 89, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shadow of China* (1990), Producer
- *At Close Range* (1986), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)
- *The Osterman Weekend* (1983), Associate Producer, Production Manager
- *Hammett* (1982), Producer
- *Blue Collar* (1978), Producer
- *Breakheart Pass* (1975), Production Manager
- *The White Dawn* (1974), Associate Producer
- *Sounder* (1972), Production Manager, Assistant Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/sounder.md)
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Zabriskie Point* (1970), Unit Production Manager

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