Frank Hurley
Directing · Born Oct 15, 1885 · Died Jan 16, 1962 (76) · 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.
Directed
Antarctic Pioneers
1963
The Eternal Forest
1950
Sagebrush and Silver
19416.0
A Nation is Built
19387.0
Follow the Sun
1938
Treasures of Katoomba
1936
Silver City
1936
Here is Paradise
19369.0
Siege of the South
193010.0
The Hound of the Deep
19267.0
Pearls and Savages
19219.0
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919
South
19197.3
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919
Australia's Unknown
1915
Home of the Blizzard
19138.0
