James Clavell

Also Credited As:

Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle
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Biography

Best-selling author of epic, historical novels ("Tai Pan", "Shogun" "Noble House"), who has worked as a screenwriter and director in the US since 1953, though his best film 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.
Best-selling author of epic, historical novels ("Tai Pan", "Shogun" "Noble House"), who has worked as a screenwriter and director in the US since 1953, though his best film 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 …
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Job Title

Director, Producer, Writer

Born

October 10, 1924

LATEST CREDITS

The Last Valley (1971)

screenplay

To Sir With Love (1967)

screenplay

Five Gates to Hell (1959)

screenplay

Tai-Pan (1986)

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

The Satan Bug (1965)

screenplay

King Rat (1965)

Source Material (from novel) ( King Rat )

633 Squadron (1964)

screenplay

The Great Escape (1963)

screenplay

The Fly (1958)

screenplay