As Writer
Tai-Pan
1986
5.2
James Clavell
Directing
Birth date
October 10, 1924
Birth place
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death date
September 7, 1994
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.
Featured in
As Director, As Writer
The Last Valley
1971
6.4
As Director
Where's Jack?
1969
7.2
As Director, As Writer
To Sir, with Love
1967
7.5
As Writer
King Rat
1965
7.1
As Writer
The Satan Bug
1965
6.1
As Writer
633 Squadron
1964
6.1
As Writer
The Great Escape
1963
7.9
As Director, As Writer
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
5.0
As Writer
Watusi
1959
5.7
As Writer
The Fly
1958
7.0