Stanley Hawes

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1905-01-19

Deathday 1991-04-19 (86 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Also Known As Stanley Gilbert Hawes

Stanley Hawes

Biography

Stanley Gilbert Hawes was born in London in 1905. He spent his youth in Birmingham and worked for the city's council from 1922 to 1934. Hawes had an enthusiastic interest in cinema, co-founding the Birmingham Film Society in 1931. In the late 1930s, Hawes began producing documentary films – first at Gaumont and then at Strand Film Company. But when World War II broke out, documentary production in Britain essentially halted and Hawes found himself out of work. Fortunately, he was offered a job overseas at the newly-established National Film Board of Canada. Here, Hawes was able to produce several documentaries, focusing mainly on the Canadian war effort. In 1946, Hawes moved to Sydney to work for the Australian National Film Board (later the Commonwealth Film Unit) as the organisation's first Producer-in-Chief. Over a quarter of a decade, Hawes built up a reputation as one of Australia's most respected and acclaimed documentarians. He retired in 1970, but remained active in the Australian film community until his death in 1991.

Known For

Producer

1964
Under Stress

as Supervising Producer

1960
Suicide Trail

as Supervising Producer

1956
Paper Run

as Production Supervisor

1953
Switch on Bigga

as Production Supervisor

1949
Plan for Living

as Producer

1948
The Valley Is Ours

as Executive Producer

1947
1947
Christmas Under the Sun

as Supervising Producer

1947
1940
Timber Front

as Producer

Director

1950
Flight Plan

as Director

1947
1944
1941
Maple Sugar Time

as Director

1941
Battle of Brains

as Director

1940
Home Front

as Director

1940
1938
Monkey Into Man

as Director

1937
Here Is the Land

as Director

Crew

1949
The Pearlers

as Supervisor of Production Resources

1949
Crocodile Hunters

as Supervisor of Production Resources