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

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

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self - Producer and Director (archive footage)

1926

The Moth of Moonbi

as Aboriginal Stockman

Production

1944

1940

40,000 Horsemen

as Director

1949

Sons of Matthew

as Director

1949

Sons of Matthew

as Screenplay

1936

Uncivilised

as Director

1940

1935

Heritage

as Director

1935

Heritage

as Producer

1935

Heritage

as Writer

1955

Jedda

as Director

1955

Jedda

as Producer

1955

Jedda

as Writer

1926

1926

Greenhide

as Director

1936

Rangle River

as Screenplay

1944

1936

Uncivilised

as Writer

1936

Uncivilised

as Producer

1944

1940

40,000 Horsemen

as Producer

1926

The Moth of Moonbi

as Screenplay

1926

Greenhide

as Screenplay

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