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Frank Coffey

Frank Coffey

Australian author, cameraman, director and screenwriter

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.

Coffey worked in the camera department of Cinesound in the early 1930s. In 1935 he joined Charles Chauvel as assistant cameraman on Uncivilised.[1]

In the late 1940s, he was charge of documentary productions for Movietone.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Australian Film". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 505. New South Wales, Australia. 10 October 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 24 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    "AT THE MONTREAL". The Tumut and Adelong Times. NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 May 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. [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.
  5. [5]
    "It Was Only A Seven—Minute Film". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 21, 980. New South Wales, Australia. 15 March 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 24 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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