Frank Hurley
Known for: Directing
Born: October 15, 1885
Died: January 16, 1962
Place of birth: Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
James Francis "Frank" Hurley (1885–1962) was an Australian photographer and filmmaker. He served as the official cinematographer on multiple polar expeditions, capturing raw footage that resulted in early documentary films such as Home of the Blizzard (1913) and South (1919). Hurley also worked as an official military photographer and cinematographer during both WWI and WWII, documenting campaigns across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. His broader filmography includes directing ethnographic documentaries and serving as a principal cinematographer on Australian narrative feature films.
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Filmography
34 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.1
Endurance
2024
NR
Australia at War 1914-1918
1967
NR
Antarctic Pioneers
1963NR
Pageant of Power Educational Series
1949NR
Mid-East
1945NR
The Road to Russia
1944
6.0
Sagebrush and Silver
1941NR
Advance to Libya
1941
5.8
Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940NR
Isle of Many Waters
1939
NR
We of the A.I.F.
1939
7.0
A Nation is Built
1938
NR
Follow the Sun
1938NR
Vulcan's Crucible
1937
7.0
Tall Timbers
1937NR
The Keeper of the Trees
1937
NR
Treasures of Katoomba
1936NR
Silver City
1936NR
Pageant of Power
1936
5.5
Strike Me Lucky
19349.0
Here is Paradise
1934
6.5
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934
7.5
The Squatter's Daughter
1933NR
A Symphony in Steel
1932NR
Jewel of the Pacific
1932
10.0
Siege of the South
1930
7.0
The Hound of the Deep
19266.2
Jungle Woman
1926
9.0
Pearls and Savages
1921
NR
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920
NR
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919
7.3
South
1919
NR
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919
NR
Australia's Unknown
1915
8.0
Home of the Blizzard
1913