Charles Chauvel
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-10-07 (62 years old)
Deathday
1959-11-11
Place of Birth
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Also known As
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Charles Chauvel
Biography
Charles Edward Chauvel OBE (7 October 1897 – 11 November 1959) was an Australian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter and nephew of Australian army General Sir Harry Chauvel. He is noted for writing and directing the films Forty Thousand Horsemen in 1940 and Jedda in 1955. His wife, Elsa Chauvel, was a frequent collaborator on his filmmaking projects. Charles Edward Chauvel was born on 7 October 1897 in Warwick, Queensland, the son of James Allan Chauvel and his wife Susan Isabella (née Barnes), pioneer farmers in the Mutdapilly area.[1][2] He was the nephew of General Sir Harry Chauvel, Commander of the Australian Light Horse and later the ...
Acting
2005
as Self - Producer and Director (archive footage)
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Himself
1926
as Aboriginal Stockman
Production
1944
as Director
1940
as Director
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1933
as Director
1936
as Director
1940
as Writer
1935
as Director
1935
as Producer
1935
as Writer
1955
as Director
1955
as Producer
1955
as Writer
1926
as Director
1926
as Director
1936
as Screenplay
1944
as Writer
1936
as Writer
1936
as Producer
1944
as Producer
1940
as Producer
1933
as Producer
1926
as Screenplay
1926
as Screenplay
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