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

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.

External links

• Frank Coffey at National Film and Sound Archive