About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1905-01-19
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
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Stanley Hawes

Overview

Stanley Gilbert Hawes was born in London in 1905. He spent his youth in Birmingham and worked for the city's council from 1922 to 1934. Hawes had an enthusiastic interest in cinema, co-founding the Birmingham Film Society in 1931. In the late 1930s, Hawes began producing documentary films – first at Gaumont and then at Strand Film Company. But when World War II broke out, documentary production in Britain essentially halted and Hawes found himself out of work. Fortunately, he was offered a job overseas at the newly-established National Film Board of Canada. Here, Hawes was able to produce several documentaries, focusing mainly on the Canadian war effort. In 1946, Hawes moved to Sydney to work for the Australian National Film Board (later the Commonwealth Film Unit) as the organisation's first Producer-in-Chief. Over a quarter of a decade, Hawes built up a reputation as one of Australia's most respected and acclaimed documentarians. He retired in 1970, but remained active in the Australian film community until his death in 1991.

Known for

Directing
1951 Cavalcade of Australia 1901-1951 Directing Director N/A
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1950 Flight Plan Directing Director N/A
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1947 School in the Mailbox Directing Director 59
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1944 Trans-Canada Express Directing Director N/A
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1941 Battle of Brains Directing Director N/A
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1941 Maple Sugar Time Directing Director N/A
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1940 Children from Overseas Directing Director N/A
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1940 Home Front Directing Director N/A
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1938 Monkey Into Man Directing Director N/A
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1937 Here Is the Land Directing Director N/A
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Production
1968 The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920 Production Production Supervisor N/A
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1964 Under Stress Production Supervising Producer N/A
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1960 Suicide Trail Production Supervising Producer N/A
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1956 Paper Run Production Production Supervisor N/A
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1953 Switch on Bigga Production Production Supervisor N/A
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1949 Plan for Living Production Producer N/A
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1948 The Valley Is Ours Production Executive Producer N/A
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1947 Christmas Under the Sun Production Supervising Producer N/A
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1947 Christmas Under the Sun Production Producer N/A
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1947 School in the Mailbox Production Producer 59
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1940 Timber Front Production Producer N/A
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Crew
1949 The Pearlers Crew Supervisor of Production Resources N/A
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1949 Crocodile Hunters Crew Supervisor of Production Resources N/A
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