Frank Hurley
- Directing
- October 15, 1885 · Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- January 16, 1962
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 ethnographic documentaries and serving as a principal cinematographer on Australian narrative feature films.
Known for
Filmography
- Endurance · Self
- Australia at War 1914-1918 · Cinematography
- Antarctic Pioneers · Self, Director
- The Garden of Tasmania · Producer
- The Eternal Forest · Producer, Director
- Pageant of Power Educational Series · Director, Producer
- Mid-East · Self, Producer
- The Road to Russia · Director, Cinematography
- Battle of Egypt · Cinematography, Director
- Inside Tobruk · Director, Cinematography
- Sagebrush and Silver · Director
- Advance to Libya · Director
- Forty Thousand Horsemen · Camera Operator
- Isle of Many Waters · Self, Director
- We of the A.I.F. · Cinematography
- A Nation is Built · Director, Writer
- Follow the Sun · Director, Cinematography
- Vulcan's Crucible · Director, Producer
- Tall Timbers · Story
- The Keeper of the Trees · Director, Cinematography
- Treasures of Katoomba · Self, Director
- Silver City · Self, Director
- Pageant of Power · Director, Cinematography
- Here is Paradise · Director, Cinematography
- Oasis · Director, Cinematography
- Grandad Rudd · Cinematography
- Strike Me Lucky · Cinematography
- The Silence of Dean Maitland · Cinematography
- The Squatter's Daughter · Cinematography
- Into the Frozen South · Cinematography
- A Symphony in Steel · Self, Cinematography
- Jewel of the Pacific · Self, Director
- Siege of the South · Self, Director
- The Hound of the Deep · Director, Producer
- Jungle Woman · Writer, Cinematography
- Pearls and Savages · Self, Director
- Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia · Director, Cinematography
- With the Australian forces in Palestine · Director, Cinematography
- South · Director, Cinematography
- With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine · Director, Cinematography
- Fighting in Flanders · Cinematography
- Palestine Sections · Cinematography
- Australia's Unknown · Director, Cinematography
- Home of the Blizzard · Director, Producer