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Frank Hurley

Title Year Cast Crew Production

Compiled from australianscreen, The Internet Movie Database, Australian War Memorial, Imperial War Museum, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Tony Harrison, Australian Film and TV Companion (2nd Ed), 2005; David P Millar, From Snowdrift to Shellfire: Capt. James Francis (Frank) Hurley, 1885-1962, 1984; and with the assistance of Graham Shirley. January 2014
Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History 2004Subjectdocumentary
Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley 1972Subjectdocumentary
Australia at War 1914-1918 1967Cinematographerdocumentary
Australia Today – Antarctic Pioneers 1963SubjectDirectordocumentary
Mawson Expedition to the Antarctic 1911-14 1961Cinematographerdocumentary
Tasmania: Gem of the South Seas 1953Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
The Eternal Forest 1952Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Our Common Wealth 1950Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Pageant of Power

Educational shorts: Brown Coal to Briquettes, Brown Coal to Kilowatts, The Magic of Electricity, The Romance of Brown Coal

1949Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
The Garden of Tasmania 1946Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Mid-East 1945NarratorProducer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Cradle of Creation 1944Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Road to Russia 1944Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Scenes from a Day in the Life of a King

AKA A Day in the Life of a King

1944Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Desert Victory 1944Cinematographerdocumentary
The Road to Russia

AKA Road to Russia

1944Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Advance to Libya 1941Directordocumentary
Menzies Tour, Middle East and Palestine 1941Cinematographerhistorical
Christmas Story, 1941 1941Cinematographerhistorical
Inside Tobruk: 'I Saw it Happen…' 1941Cinematographerdocumentary
Middle East Mail 1940Cinematographerhistorical
Forty Thousand Horsemen 1940Cinematographerfeature
Isle of Many Waters 1939NarratorProducer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Scenes that are Brightest 1939Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
We of the AIF 1939Cinematographerdocumentary
Follow the Sun 1938Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
A Nation is Built 1938Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographerdocumentary
Lovers and Luggers 1937Cinematographerfeature
Vulcan's Crucible 1937Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Tall Timbers 1937Original storyfeature
Australia Day 1937Cinematographernewsreel
Treasures of Katoomba 1936NarratorDirector, Cinematographerdocumentary
Silver City 1936NarratorProducer, Director, Cinematographer documentary
The Keeper of the Trees 1936Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Oasis 1935Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Grandad Rudd 1935Cinematographerfeature
Here is Paradise: A Tour of the Garden State of South Australia 1935Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Cinesound Varieties 1934Cinematographerfeature
Strike Me Lucky 1934Cinematographerfeature
The Silence of Dean Maitland 1934Cinematographerfeature
Lassetter's Gold 1933Producer, Director, Editordocumentary
The Squatter's Daughter 1933Cinematographerfeature
Endurance 1933Producer, Directordocumentary
Symphony in Steel 1932Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Fire Guardians 1932Television AnnouncerDirector, Cinematographerdocumentary
Jewel of the Pacific 1932NarratorProducer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Siege of the South 1931NarratorProducer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Southward Ho! with Mawson 1930Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
The Hound of the Deep

AKA Pearl of the South Seas

1926Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographerfeature
The Jungle Woman 1926Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographerfeature
Thursday Island and Merauke, Dutch New Guinea 1925Cinematographerhistorical
Pearls and Savages

AKA The Lost Tribe (US title), Headhunters of Unknown Papua (expanded Australian version, 1923), With the Headhunters in Papua

1921Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
The Australians' Final Campaign in 1918 1919Cinematographerhistorical
Advance of the Crusaders into Mesopotamia 1919Cinematographerhistorical
The Nebi-Nusa Festivals: Scenes and Incidents En Route 1919Cinematographerhistorical
Ross Smith's Flight from London to Australia 1919Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
The Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine 1919Himselfhistorical
With the Australians in Palestine

AKA With the Australian Forces in Palestine; With the Light Horse Brigade in Palestine; With Allenby in Palestine (1927)

1919Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught Inspects Cadets at the Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun 1918Cinematographerhistorical
Inland Water Transport, Egypt 1918Cinematographerhistorical
47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, and Troops in Palestine 1918Cinematographerhistorical
Armageddon 1918Cinematographerhistorical
Scenes on the Euphrates - Mesopotamia 1918Cinematographerhistorical
Fighting in Flanders 1917Cinematographerdocumentary
In the Grip of the Polar Pack Ice

AKA South

1917Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
With the Forces on the Palestine Front 1917Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
A Turkish Prisoner of War Camp 1917Cinematographerhistorical
Camels and Jaffa 1917Cinematographerhistorical
Crossing of the Auja, Mulebbis, Guns Near Jerusalem 1917Cinematographerhistorical
Bethlehem, Solomon’s Pool and Jerusalem 1917Cinematographerhistorical
Jewish Colonies in Palestine 1917Cinematographerhistorical
An Egyptian Labour Contingent 1917Cinematographerhistorical
Jerusalem 1917Cinematographerhistorical
Palestine Sections 1917Cinematographerhistorical
The Official Film of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition

AKA Home of the Blizzard, The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913

1916Producer, Director, Cinematographerdocumentary
Into Australia's Unknown 1915Director, Cinematographerdocumentary