Frank Hurley
Directing
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.
As actor 10
On the crew 35
South
1919
Jungle Woman
1926
Mid-East
1945
Silver City
1936
Antarctic Pioneers
1963
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934
Strike Me Lucky
1934
Inside Tobruk
1941
Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940
Australia at War 1914-1918
1967
Tall Timbers
1937
The Road to Russia
1944
We of the A.I.F.
1939
Pageant of Power Educational Series
1949
The Keeper of the Trees
1937
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919
Advance to Libya
1941
Siege of the South
1930
A Nation is Built
1938
Pearls and Savages
1921
The Hound of the Deep
1926
Vulcan's Crucible
1937
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920
A Symphony in Steel
1932
Home of the Blizzard
1913
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919
Isle of Many Waters
1939
Here is Paradise
1934
Australia's Unknown
1915
Jewel of the Pacific
1932
Pageant of Power
1936
Sagebrush and Silver
1941
Treasures of Katoomba
1936
The Squatter's Daughter
1933
Follow the Sun
1938