Frank Coffey

Frank Coffey was an Australian author, cameraman, director and screenwriter who worked mostly on the production of documentaries. For a number of years he was in-house writer for Cinesound Productions.

In the late 1940s he was charge of documentary productions for Movietone.[1]

Select credits

The Hayseeds (1933)
Grandad Rudd (1934)
Strike Me Lucky (1934)
When the Kellys Rode (1934)[2]
Uncivilised (1936) – assistant cameraman
Rangle River (1936) – editor
A Nation is Built (1938) – editor[3]
Gone to the Dogs (1939) – story editor[4]
100,000 Cobbers (1943) – writer

References

"It Was Only A Seven-Minute Film". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. National Library of Australia. 15 March 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
"AUSTRALIAN FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 October 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
"AT THE MONTREAL". The Tumut and Adelong Times. NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 May 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
"George Wallace Has "Gone". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1939. p. 8 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

External links

Frank Coffey at National Film and Sound Archive

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[1] "It Was Only A Seven-Minute Film". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. National Library of Australia. 15 March 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[2] "AUSTRALIAN FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 October 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[3] "AT THE MONTREAL". The Tumut and Adelong Times. NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 May 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[4] "George Wallace Has "Gone". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1939. p. 8 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 9 April 2015.