Frank Hurley
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.
Photos
Movies (43)
Endurance
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Australia at War 1914-1918
1967 · Director of Photography
Antarctic Pioneers
1963 · Self - Narrator/Interviewee, Director, Cinematography
The Garden of Tasmania
1951 · Producer
The Eternal Forest
1950 · Producer, Director, Cinematography
Mid-East
1945 · Self - Narrator (voice), Producer, Director
The Road to Russia
1944 · Director, Cinematography
Battle of Egypt
1942 · Cinematography, Director
Inside Tobruk
1941 · Director, Cinematography
Sagebrush and Silver
1941 · Director
Advance to Libya
1941 · Director
Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940 · Camera Operator
Isle of Many Waters
1939 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Cinematography
We of the A.I.F.
1939 · Cinematography
A Nation is Built
1938 · Director, Writer
Follow the Sun
1938 · Director, Cinematography, Writer
Vulcan's Crucible
1937 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
Tall Timbers
1937 · Story
The Keeper of the Trees
1937 · Director, Cinematography
Treasures of Katoomba
1936 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound
Silver City
1936 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Cinematography, Producer, Writer
Pageant of Power
1936 · Director, Cinematography
Here is Paradise
1936 · Director, Cinematography, Producer
Oasis
1936 · Director, Cinematography, Writer
Grandad Rudd
1935 · Cinematography
Strike Me Lucky
1934 · Cinematography
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934 · Director of Photography
The Squatter's Daughter
1933 · Director of Photography
Into the Frozen South
1933 · Cinematography
A Symphony in Steel
1932 · Self - Narrator, Cinematography, Director
Jewel of the Pacific
1932 · Self - Narrator, Director, Cinematography
Siege of the South
1930 · Self - Narrator, Photographer & Cinematographer, Director
The Hound of the Deep
1926 · Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography
Jungle Woman
1926 · Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Director
Pearls and Savages
1921 · Self, Director
Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia
1920 · Director, Cinematography
With the Australian forces in Palestine
1919 · Director, Cinematography
South
1919 · Director of Photography, Director
With the Australian Flying Corps in France, England and Palestine
1919 · Director, Cinematography
Fighting in Flanders
1917 · Cinematography
Palestine Sections
1917 · Cinematography
Australia's Unknown
1915 · Director, Cinematography
Home of the Blizzard
1913 · Director, Producer, Cinematography