Director
Frank Hurley
141 years · Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 22 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 22
Endurance
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Disney Plus
Australia at War 1914-1918
1967 · Cinematography
Antarctic Pioneers
1963 · Self - Narrator/Interviewee, Director
The Garden of Tasmania
1951 · Producer
The Eternal Forest
1950 · Producer, Director
Sagebrush and Silver
1941 · Director
A Nation is Built
1938 · Director, Writer
Follow the Sun
1938 · Director, Writer
Treasures of Katoomba
1936 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
Silver City
1936 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
Here is Paradise
1936 · Director, Producer
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934 · Cinematography
The Squatter's Daughter
1933 · Cinematography
Siege of the South
1930 · Self - Narrator, Photographer & Cinematographer, Director
The Hound of the Deep
1926 · Director, Producer
Pearls and Savages
1921 · Self, Director
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920 · Director
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919 · Director
South
1919 · Director, Cinematography
On Kanopy
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919 · Director
Australia's Unknown
1915 · Director
Home of the Blizzard
1913 · Director, Producer