Frank Hurley
Born: 1885-10-15 in Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1962-01-16
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
- Endurance as Self (archive footage)
1967
- Australia at War 1914-1918 ... (Director of Photography)
1963
- Antarctic Pioneers as Self - Narrator/Interviewee
1949
- Pageant of Power Educational Series ... (Director)
1945
- Mid-East as Self - Narrator (voice)
1944
- The Road to Russia ... (Director)
1941
- Advance to Libya ... (Director)
- Sagebrush and Silver ... (Director)
1940
- Forty Thousand Horsemen ... (Camera Operator)
1939
- We of the A.I.F. ... (Cinematography)
- Isle of Many Waters as Self - Narrator (voice)
1938
- A Nation is Built ... (Director)
- Follow the Sun ... (Director)
1937
- The Keeper of the Trees ... (Director)
- Vulcan's Crucible ... (Director)
- Tall Timbers ... (Story)
1936
- Silver City as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Pageant of Power ... (Director)
- Treasures of Katoomba as Self - Narrator (voice)
1934
- The Silence of Dean Maitland ... (Director of Photography)
- Strike Me Lucky ... (Cinematography)
- Here is Paradise ... (Director)
1933
- The Squatter's Daughter ... (Director of Photography)
1932
- A Symphony in Steel as Self - Narrator
- Jewel of the Pacific as Self - Narrator
1930
- Siege of the South as Self - Narrator, Photographer & Cinematographer
1926
- Jungle Woman ... (Writer)
- The Hound of the Deep ... (Director)
1921
- Pearls and Savages as Self
1920
- Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia ... (Director)
1919
- South ... (Director of Photography)
- With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine ... (Director)
- With the Australian forces in Palestine ... (Director)
1915
- Australia's Unknown ... (Director)
1913
- Home of the Blizzard ... (Director)