Charles Chauvel

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, Commander of the Australian Light Horse and later the Desert Mounted Corps in Palestine during World War I. His father, a grazier, at 53 also enlisted to serve in Palestine and Sinai in World War I. The Chauvels were descended from a French Huguenot family who fled France for England in 1685, and soon established a tradition of serving in the British army. The Australian Chauvels descended from a Charles Chauvel who retired from the Indian Army to New South Wales in 1839 and was a pioneer in the New England region.

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All Directing Production Writing

In the Wake of the Bounty

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

11 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 1933

94 years ago
In the Wake of the Bounty

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

4.8

11 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 1933

94 years ago
Jedda

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.9

9 votes

Release Date

May 05, 1955

71 years ago
Jedda

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.9

9 votes

Release Date

May 05, 1955

71 years ago
Jedda

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.9

9 votes

Release Date

May 05, 1955

71 years ago
40,000 Horsemen

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.6

7 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 1940

86 years ago
40,000 Horsemen

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.6

7 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 1940

86 years ago
40,000 Horsemen

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.6

7 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 1940

86 years ago
Sons of Matthew

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Dec 16, 1949

77 years ago
Sons of Matthew

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Dec 16, 1949

77 years ago
The Rats of Tobruk

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1944

82 years ago
The Rats of Tobruk

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.7

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1944

82 years ago
The Rats of Tobruk

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.7

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1944

82 years ago
The Moth of Moonbi

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 24, 1926

101 years ago
The Moth of Moonbi

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.5

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 24, 1926

101 years ago
Uncivilised

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

1.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1936

90 years ago
Uncivilised

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

1.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1936

90 years ago
Uncivilised

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

1.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1936

90 years ago
Rangle River

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 19, 1936

90 years ago
Heritage

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 13, 1935

92 years ago
Heritage

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 13, 1935

92 years ago
Heritage

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 13, 1935

92 years ago
Greenhide

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 19, 1926

100 years ago
Greenhide

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 19, 1926

100 years ago

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