Frank Hurley
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 ethno…
Known For
Endurance
Self (archive footage)
South
Director
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Camera Operator
Pearls and Savages
Self
The Squatter's Daughter
Director of Photography
The Silence of Dean Maitland
Director of Photography
Siege of the South
Self - Narrator, Photographer & Cinematographer
Here is Paradise
Cinematography
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Filmography
Acting (10)
Movies (10)
Endurance
2024as Self (archive footage)
Antarctic Pioneers
1963as Self - Interviewee / Explorer (Archival Footage)
Mid-East
1945as Self - Narrator (voice)
Isle of Many Waters
1939as Self - Narrator (voice)
Silver City
1936as Self - Narrator (voice)
Treasures of Katoomba
1936as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Symphony in Steel
1932as Self - Narrator
Jewel of the Pacific
1932as Self - Narrator
Siege of the South
1930as Self - Narrator, Photographer & Cinematographer
Pearls and Savages
1921as Self
Crew (73)
Movies (70)
Australia at War 1914-1918
1967Director of Photography
Antarctic Pioneers
1963Cinematography
Antarctic Pioneers
1963Director
Mid-East
1945Director
Mid-East
1945Producer
The Road to Russia
1944Cinematography
The Road to Russia
1944Director
Sagebrush and Silver
1941Director
Inside Tobruk
1941Cinematography
Inside Tobruk
1941Director
Advance to Libya
1941Director
Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940Camera Operator
Isle of Many Waters
1939Cinematography
Isle of Many Waters
1939Director
We of the A.I.F.
1939Cinematography
Follow the Sun
1938Cinematography
Follow the Sun
1938Director
Follow the Sun
1938Writer
A Nation is Built
1938Director
Tall Timbers
1937Story
Vulcan's Crucible
1937Cinematography
Vulcan's Crucible
1937Director
Vulcan's Crucible
1937Producer
The Keeper of the Trees
1937Cinematography
The Keeper of the Trees
1937Director
Silver City
1936Cinematography
Silver City
1936Director
Silver City
1936Producer
Silver City
1936Writer
Here is Paradise
1936Cinematography
Here is Paradise
1936Director
Here is Paradise
1936Producer
Treasures of Katoomba
1936Director
Treasures of Katoomba
1936Director of Photography
Treasures of Katoomba
1936Sound
Treasures of Katoomba
1936Writer
Pageant of Power
1936Cinematography
Pageant of Power
1936Director
Grandad Rudd
1935Cinematography
Strike Me Lucky
1934Cinematography
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934Director of Photography
Into the Frozen South
1933Cinematography
The Squatter's Daughter
1933Director of Photography
A Symphony in Steel
1932Cinematography
A Symphony in Steel
1932Director
Jewel of the Pacific
1932Cinematography
Jewel of the Pacific
1932Director
Siege of the South
1930Director
The Hound of the Deep
1926Director
Jungle Woman
1926Cinematography
Jungle Woman
1926Director
Jungle Woman
1926Producer
Jungle Woman
1926Writer
Pearls and Savages
1921Director
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920Cinematography
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920Director
South
1919Director
South
1919Director of Photography
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919Cinematography
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919Director
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919Cinematography
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919Director
Palestine Sections
1917Cinematography
Australia's Unknown
1915Cinematography
Australia's Unknown
1915Director
Home of the Blizzard
1913Cinematography
Home of the Blizzard
1913Director
Home of the Blizzard
1913Producer
Oasis
Cinematography
Oasis
Director
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