Stanley Hawes

Personal Info

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Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-01-19 (86 years old)

Deathday

1991-04-19

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Stanley Hawes

Biography

Stanley Gilbert Hawes was born in London in 1905. He spent his youth in Birmingham and worked for the city's council from 1922 to 1934. Hawes had an enthusiastic interest in cinema, co-founding the Birmingham Film Society in 1931. In the late 1930s, Hawes began producing documentary films – first at Gaumont and then at Strand Film Company. But when World War II broke out, documentary production in Britain essentially halted and Hawes found himself out of work. Fortunately, he was offered a job overseas at the newly-established National Film Board of Canada. Here, Hawes was able to produce several documentaries, focusing mainly on the Canadian...

Production

1949

The Pearlers

as Supervisor of Production Resources

1949

Crocodile Hunters

as Supervisor of Production Resources

1947

1937

Here Is the Land

as Director

1956

Paper Run

as Production Supervisor

1948

The Valley Is Ours

as Executive Producer

1938

Monkey Into Man

as Director

1949

Plan for Living

as Producer

1964

Under Stress

as Supervising Producer

1940

Home Front

as Director

1941

Maple Sugar Time

as Director

1941

Battle of Brains

as Director

1940

1960

Suicide Trail

as Supervising Producer

1940

Timber Front

as Producer

1950

Flight Plan

as Director

1944

1947

1947

Christmas Under the Sun

as Supervising Producer

1953

Switch on Bigga

as Production Supervisor

1951

1942

Women Are Warriors

as Executive Producer

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