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Director
James Clavell
Writing
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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 3All crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 46611
IMDb ID: nm0165412
Known for: Writing
Born: October 10, 1924
Died: September 7, 1994
Age: 69
Place of birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1958 - 2024
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.99
Wikidata: Q316802
Also known as
Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle • Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell
Frequent jobs
Director (7)Novel (5)Screenplay (4)Writer (2)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)
Biography
James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell (10 October 1924 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian (later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.
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Screenplay
The Great Escape
1963 • Movie
Screenplay
The Fly
1958 • Movie
Producer
To Sir, with Love
1967 • Movie
Novel
Shogun
1980 • Movie
Screenplay
633 Squadron
1964 • Movie
Screenplay
The Satan Bug
1965 • Movie
Writer
Watusi
1959 • Movie
Director
Where's Jack?
1969 • Movie
Novel
Tai-Pan
1986 • Movie
Director
Walk Like a Dragon
1960 • Movie
Director
The Children's Story
1982 • Movie
Writer
The Last Valley
1971 • Movie
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Novel
Tai-Pan
1986 • Movie
Novel
Shogun
1980 • Movie
Writer
The Last Valley
1971 • Movie
Producer
To Sir, with Love
1967 • Movie
Novel
King Rat
1965 • Movie
Screenplay
The Satan Bug
1965 • Movie
Screenplay
633 Squadron
1964 • Movie
Screenplay
The Great Escape
1963 • Movie
Writer
Watusi
1959 • Movie
Screenplay
The Fly
1958 • Movie
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