James Clavell

James Clavell (Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle) (October 10 1924 – September 7 1994) was a novelist and screenwriter, famous for books such as Shogun and films such as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.

Films

• The Fly (1958) (writer)
• Watusi (1959) (writer)
• Five Gates to Hell (1959) (writer & director)
• Walk Like a Dragon (1960) (writer & director)
• The Great Escape (1963) (co-writer)
• 633 Squadron (1964) (co-writer)
• The Satan Bug (1965) (co-writer)
• To Sir, with Love (1966) (writer & director)
• The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) (writer & director)
• Where's Jack (1968) (director)
• The Last Valley (1970) (writer & director)
• Shogun - miniseries (1980)
• Noble House - miniseries (1988)

Tai-Pan and King Rat have both been adapted as feature films, however Clavell was not directly involved in their writing.

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