
Charles Chauvel
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday7 October 1897
Died11 November 1959 (age 62)
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland, Australia
Known credits13
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, Comm…
The Big Picture - The Films of Charles Chauvel
2014 · Self (archive footage)

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007 · Self (archive footage)

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Self - Producer and Director (archive footage)

Jedda
1955 · Writer

Jedda
1955 · Producer

Jedda
1955 · Director

Sons of Matthew
1949 · Director

Sons of Matthew
1949 · Screenplay

The Rats of Tobruk
1944 · Director

The Rats of Tobruk
1944 · Writer

The Rats of Tobruk
1944 · Producer

Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940 · Director

Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940 · Writer

Forty Thousand Horsemen
1940 · Producer

Rangle River
1936 · Screenplay

Uncivilised
1936 · Director

Uncivilised
1936 · Writer

Uncivilised
1936 · Producer

Heritage
1935 · Director

Heritage
1935 · Writer

Heritage
1935 · Producer

In the Wake of the Bounty
1933 · Himself

In the Wake of the Bounty
1933 · Director

In the Wake of the Bounty
1933 · Producer

Greenhide
1926 · Director

Greenhide
1926 · Screenplay
The Moth of Moonbi
1926 · Aboriginal Stockman
The Moth of Moonbi
1926 · Director
The Moth of Moonbi
1926 · Screenplay
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