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Frank Hurley
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 foota…
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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.
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2024
Endurance
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1967
Australia at War 1914-1918
Movie Director of Photography
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1963
Antarctic Pioneers
Movie Self - Narrator/Interviewee
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1949
Pageant of Power Educational Series
TV show Director
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1945
Mid-East
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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1944
The Road to Russia
Movie Director
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1941
Inside Tobruk
Movie Director
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1941
Sagebrush and Silver
Movie Director
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1941
Advance to Libya
Movie Director
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1940
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Movie Camera Operator
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1939
We of the A.I.F.
Movie Cinematography
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1939
Isle of Many Waters
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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1938
A Nation is Built
Movie Director
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1938
Follow the Sun
Movie Director
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1937
Vulcan's Crucible
Movie Director
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1937
Tall Timbers
Movie Story
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1937
The Keeper of the Trees
Movie Director
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1936
Treasures of Katoomba
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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1936
Silver City
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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1936
Pageant of Power
Movie Director
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1934
Strike Me Lucky
Movie Cinematography
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1934
Here is Paradise
Movie Director
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1934
The Silence of Dean Maitland
Movie Director of Photography
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1933
The Squatter's Daughter
Movie Director of Photography
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1933
Into the Frozen South
Movie Cinematography
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1932
A Symphony in Steel
Movie Self - Narrator
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1932
Jewel of the Pacific
Movie Self - Narrator
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1930
Siege of the South
Movie Self - Narrator, Photographer & Cinematographer
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1926
The Hound of the Deep
Movie Director
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1926
Jungle Woman
Movie Writer
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1921
Pearls and Savages
Movie Self
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1920
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
Movie Director
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1919
With the Australian forces in Palestine
Movie Director
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1919
South
Movie Director of Photography
- 1919
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1917
Palestine Sections
Movie Cinematography
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1915
Australia's Unknown
Movie Director
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1913
Home of the Blizzard
Movie Director
