James Clavell
James Clavell was born on Oct 10, 1921 in Australia. James Clavell's big-screen debut came with The Fly directed by Kurt Neumann in 1958. James Clavell is known for Shogun directed by Jerry London, Richard Chamberlain stars as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne and Toshirô Mifune as Lord Yoshi Toranaga. James Clavell has got 1 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award James Clavell achieved is Primetime Emmy Awards. The upcoming new movie James Clavell plays is Tai-Pan which will be released on Nov 07, 1986.
James Clavell was born on October 10, 1921, in Sydney, New South Wales, as Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell. He was a film and TV writer and producer. During World War II, he was a British soldier and a Japanese prisoner on Java and in Singapore, which led to his great interest in things East Asian and Japanese, and the experiences of prisoners of war. Clavell is very well-known for "The Great Escape" (1963), "The Satan Bug" (1965), "King Rat" (1965), "To Sir, with Love" (1967), "Tai-Pan" (1986), "Nobel House" ( 1988), and especially "Shogun" (1980). Shogun won the Golden Globe Award for Best TV-Series - Drama and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series: James Clavell (executive producer).Clavell was married to April Stride, and they were the parents of two children. He died on September 7, 1994, in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.
Birthday
Oct 10, 1921Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Awards
1 wins & 3 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 1986
writer
5.5 - 1980
producer, writer
7.8 - 1971
producer, writer, director
7.0 - 1967
director, producer, writer
- 1967
director, producer, writer
7.6 - 1965
writer
7.5 - 1965
writer
6.1 - 1964
writer
6.4 - 1963
writer, producer
8.2 - 1960
director, producer, writer
6.8 - 1959
director, producer, writer
5.8 - 1959
writer
5.5 - 1958
writer
7.1