Charles Chauvel
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- This article is about the film maker. For the politician, see Charles Chauvel (politician).
Charles Edward Chauvel OBE (7 October 1897 – 11 November 1959) was an Australian film maker, born in Warwick, Queensland. He was the nephew of Sir Henry Chauvel, leader of the Australian light horse in the Middle East during World War I.
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.
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[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)