James Clavell

Also Credited As:

Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle
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Biography

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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Job Title

Director, Producer, Writer

Born

October 10, 1924

LATEST CREDITS

Five Gates to Hell

Director, Producer, Screenplay

To Sir With Love

Director, Producer, Screenplay

The Last Valley

Director, Producer, Screenplay, adaptation

Shogun

Executive Producer, Source Material (from novel) ("Shogun" )

James Clavell's Noble House

Executive Producer, Source Material (from novel) ("Noble House" )

633 Squadron

Screenplay

The Satan Bug

Screenplay

The Great Escape

Screenplay

The Fly

Screenplay

King Rat

Source Material (from novel) ("King Rat" )

Tai-Pan

Source Material (from novel) ("Tai-Pan" )