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James Clavell

Highest Rated: 95% The Fly (1958)

Lowest Rated: 29% 633 Squadron (1964)

Birthday: Oct 10, 1924

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

James Clavell is most known as the best-selling author of epic, historical novels ("Tai Pan," "Shogun" "Noble House"), and as a screenwriter and director in the US beginning in 1953. One of his more notable films as a director is the British-produced, "To Sir, With Love" (1967). Clavell's novel "King Rat," based on his experiences in a WWII Japanese prison camp, was effectively brought to the screen in 1965 by another versatile talent, Bryan Forbes and most of his other novels have been filmed or made into TV mini-series.

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Highest rated movies

95% 71% The Fly Watchlist
94% 95% The Great Escape
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90% 88% To Sir, With Love Watchlist
57% 45% The Satan Bug
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29% 56% 633 Squadron
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The Sweet and the Bitter
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Five Gates to Hell
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Walk Like a Dragon
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78% The Last Valley
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Where's Jack?
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 78% The Last Valley Director,
Producer
- 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Where's Jack? Director - 1969
90% 88% To Sir, With Love Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1967
57% 45% The Satan Bug Screenwriter - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sweet and the Bitter Director - 1965
29% 56% 633 Squadron Screenwriter - 1964
94% 95% The Great Escape Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walk Like a Dragon Director - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Gates to Hell Director,
Producer
- 1959
95% 71% The Fly Writer - 1958

TV

Credit
99% 90% Shōgun Writer 2024
79% 91% Shogun Writer 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Director 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Men Into Space Writer 1959