Frank Hurley
Directing
1885-10-15 · 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.
Filmography
Endurance
2024 · Movie
Australia at War 1914-1918
1967 · Movie
Antarctic Pioneers
1963 · Movie
The Garden of Tasmania
1951 · Movie
The Eternal Forest
1950 · Movie
Pageant of Power Educational Series
1949 · Series
Mid-East
1945 · Movie
The Road to Russia
1944 · Movie
Battle of Egypt
1942 · Movie
Inside Tobruk
1941 · Movie
Sagebrush and Silver
1941 · Movie
Advance to Libya
1941 · Movie
Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940 · Movie
Isle of Many Waters
1939 · Movie
We of the A.I.F.
1939 · Movie
A Nation is Built
1938 · Movie
Follow the Sun
1938 · Movie
Vulcan's Crucible
1937 · Movie
Tall Timbers
1937 · Movie
The Keeper of the Trees
1937 · Movie
Treasures of Katoomba
1936 · Movie
Silver City
1936 · Movie
Pageant of Power
1936 · Movie
Here is Paradise
1936 · Movie
Oasis
1936 · Movie
Grandad Rudd
1935 · Movie
Strike Me Lucky
1934 · Movie
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934 · Movie
The Squatter's Daughter
1933 · Movie
Into the Frozen South
1933 · Movie
A Symphony in Steel
1932 · Movie
Jewel of the Pacific
1932 · Movie
Siege of the South
1930 · Movie
The Hound of the Deep
1926 · Movie
Jungle Woman
1926 · Movie
Pearls and Savages
1921 · Movie
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920 · Movie
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919 · Movie
South
1919 · Movie
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919 · Movie
Fighting in Flanders
1917 · Movie
Palestine Sections
1917 · Movie
Australia's Unknown
1915 · Movie
Home of the Blizzard
1913 · Movie