Charles Chauvel

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Charles Edward Chauvel OBE (7 October 1897 – 11 November 1959) was an Australian film maker, born in Warwick, Queensland. He was the nephew of General Sir Henry Chauvel, Commander of the Australian Light Horse and later the Desert Mounted Corps in Palestine during World War I. Producer / director Charles Chauvel, made his first movies "Moth of Moonbi" and "Green Hide " in Harrisville, Queensland. Enlisting the locals as extras and using locations around his family property 'Summerlands' situated near the edge of town.

Since 1992 the Brisbane International Film Festival has awarded a Chauvel Award to a "distinguished contributor to Australian Cinema".

A cinema in the suburb of Paddington, Sydney is named after the actor.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Acting filmography

  • Robbery Under Arms
  • Shadow of Lightning Ridge
  • 1920 Jackeroo of Coolabong
  • Fly By Night
  • The Man from the Desert
  • Strangers of the Night

[edit] Director and producer filmography

  • Moth of Moonbi
  • Greenhide
  • In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)
  • Heritage
  • Uncivilised
  • Rangle River
  • Screen Test
  • Forty Thousand Horsemen
  • Soldiers Without Uniform
  • Power to Win
  • A Mountain Goes to Sea
  • While there is Still time
  • Russia Aflame
  • The Rats of Tobruk
  • Sons of Matthew
  • Jedda
  • Australian Walkabout (BBC TV Series, 1959)

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