Frank Coffey
Frank Coffey was an Australian author, cameraman, director, and screenwriter who worked mostly on the production of documentaries. For a number of years, he was in-house writer for Cinesound Productions.
Coffey worked in the camera department of Cinesound in the early 1930s. In 1935 he joined Charles Chauvel as assistant cameraman on Uncivilised.[1]
In the late 1940s, he was charge of documentary productions for Movietone.[2]
Select credits
- The Hayseeds (1933) – editor[3]
- Grandad Rudd (1934) – camera department
- Strike Me Lucky (1934) – camera department
- When the Kellys Rode (1934) – camera department
- Uncivilised (1936) – assistant director[4]
- Rangle River (1936) – editor[5]
- A Nation is Built (1938) – editor[6]
- Gone to the Dogs (1939) – story editor[7][8]
- That Certain Something (1941) – camera, editor
- Will There Be a Second Front in Europe? (1942) – editor
- 100,000 Cobbers (1943) – writer, editor[9]
- Jungle Patrol (1944) – editor
- film about Newcastle (1947) – director, writer[10]
- Isle of Bounty (1949) – camera
References
- ^ "Australian Film". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 505. New South Wales, Australia. 10 October 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 24 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "It Was Only A Seven-Minute Film". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. National Library of Australia. 15 March 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (3 September 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: The Hayseeds". Filmink. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 September 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: Uncivilised". Filmink. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: Rangle River". Filmink. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "AT THE MONTREAL". The Tumut and Adelong Times. NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 May 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "George Wallace Has "Gone". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1939. p. 8 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (19 July 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: Gone to the Dogs". Filimink. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (12 September 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: 100,000 Cobbers". Filmink. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "It Was Only A Seven—Minute Film". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 21, 980. New South Wales, Australia. 15 March 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 24 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.