Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 15, 1885
Died
Jan 16, 1962
Place of Birth
Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
38 titles
Frank Hurley
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Endurance
Self (archive footage)
Australia at War 1914-1918
Director of Photography
Antarctic Pioneers
Self - Narrator/Interviewee
Pageant of Power Educational Series
Director
Mid-East
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Road to Russia
Director
Inside Tobruk
Director
Sagebrush and Silver
Director
Advance to Libya
Director
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Camera Operator
We of the A.I.F.
Cinematography
Isle of Many Waters
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Nation is Built
Director
Follow the Sun
Director
Vulcan's Crucible
Director
Tall Timbers
Story
The Keeper of the Trees
Director
Treasures of Katoomba
Self - Narrator (voice)
Silver City
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pageant of Power
Director
Here is Paradise
Director
Strike Me Lucky
Cinematography
The Silence of Dean Maitland
Director of Photography
The Squatter's Daughter
Director of Photography
Into the Frozen South
Cinematography
A Symphony in Steel
Self - Narrator
Jewel of the Pacific
Self - Narrator
Siege of the South
Self - Narrator, Photographer & Cinematographer
The Hound of the Deep
Director
Jungle Woman
Writer
Pearls and Savages
Self
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
Director
With the Australian forces in Palestine
Director
South
Director of Photography
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
Director
Palestine Sections
Cinematography
Australia's Unknown
Director
Home of the Blizzard
Director