Frank Hurley

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