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

1945

Mid-East as Self - Narrator (voice)

1944

The Road to Russia ... (Director)

1942

Battle of Egypt ... (Cinematography)

1941

Inside Tobruk ... (Director)
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

Follow the Sun ... (Director)
A Nation is Built ... (Director)

1937

The Keeper of the Trees ... (Director)
Tall Timbers ... (Story)
Vulcan's Crucible ... (Director)

1936

Silver City as Self - Narrator (voice)
Oasis ... (Director)
Pageant of Power ... (Director)
Treasures of Katoomba as Self - Narrator (voice)
Here is Paradise ... (Director)

1935

Grandad Rudd ... (Cinematography)

1934

The Silence of Dean Maitland ... (Director of Photography)
Strike Me Lucky ... (Cinematography)

1933

The Squatter's Daughter ... (Director of Photography)
Into the Frozen South ... (Cinematography)

1932

Jewel of the Pacific as Self - Narrator
A Symphony in Steel 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)

1917

Palestine Sections ... (Cinematography)
Fighting in Flanders ... (Cinematography)

1915

Australia's Unknown ... (Director)

1913

Home of the Blizzard ... (Director)