Stanley Hawes

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Stanley Gilbert Hawes was born in London in 1905. He spent his youth in Birmingham and worked for the city's council from 1922 to 1934. Hawes had an enthusiastic interest in cinema, co-founding the Birmingham Film Society in 1931. In the late 1930s, Hawes began producing documentary films – first at Gaumont and then at Strand Film Company. But when World War II broke out, documentary production in Britain essentially halted and Hawes found himself out of work. Fortunately, he was offered a job overseas at the newly-established National Film Board of Canada. Here, Hawes was able to produce several documentaries, focusing mainly on the Canadian war effort. In 1946, Hawes moved to Sydney to work for the Australian National Film Board (later the Commonwealth Film Unit) as the organisation's first Producer-in-Chief. Over a quarter of a decade, Hawes built up a reputation as one of Australia's most respected and acclaimed documentarians. He retired in 1970, but remained active in the Australian film community until his death in 1991.

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1968
The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920
Movie Production Supervisor
1964
Under Stress
Movie Supervising Producer
1962
The Karri Forest
Movie Executive Producer
1960
Suicide Trail
Movie Supervising Producer
1956
Paper Run
Movie Production Supervisor
1953
Switch on Bigga
Movie Production Supervisor
1951
Cavalcade of Australia 1901-1951
Movie Director
1951
The Invisible Link
Movie Producer
1950
Flight Plan
Movie Director
1949
The Pearlers
Movie Supervisor of Production Resources
1949
Plan for Living
Movie Producer
1949
Crocodile Hunters
Movie Supervisor of Production Resources
1948
The Valley Is Ours
Movie Executive Producer
1947
Christmas Under the Sun
Movie Producer
1947
School in the Mailbox
Movie Producer
1944
Trans-Canada Express
Movie Director