
James Clavell
- screenwriter
- film director
- film producer
- novelist
- writer
- director
- Born 1921-10-10
- Died 1994-09-07 (aged 72)
- Nationality Australia, United States
- Years active 1958–1994
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Last Valley | Movie | director | 49 |
| 1967 | To Sir, with Love | Movie | director | 46 |
Career timeline
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1921 age 0
Born1958 age 37
1963 age 42
1964 age 43
1965 age 44
1967 age 46
1970 age 49
1980 age 59
1994 age 72
Died
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Quotes
Now the sun touched the horizon and the man reined in his horse tiredly, glad that the time for prayer had come.
James Clavell, CC BY-SA 4.0
Changi became my university instead of my prison. … Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life — the high and the low roads. I studied and absorbed everything I could from physics to counterfeiting, but most of all I learned the art of surviving.
James Clavell, CC BY-SA 4.0
I can transport matter — anything — at the speed of light, perfectly. Of course this is only a crude beginning, but I've stumbled on the most important discovery since man sawed off the end of a tree trunk and found the wheel. The disintegrator-integrator will change life as we know it. Think what it means. Anything, even humans, will go through one of these devices. No need for cars or railways or airplanes, even spaceships. We'll set up matter-receiving stations throughout the world, and later the universe. There'll never be famine. Surpluses can be sent instantaneously at almost no cost, anywhere. Humanity need never want or fear again. I'm a very fortunate man, Hélène.
James Clavell, CC BY-SA 4.0
God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.
James Clavell, CC BY-SA 4.0
I get so scared sometimes. The suddenness of our age! Electronics, rockets, earth satellites, supersonic flight, and now this. It's not so much who invents them. It's the fact they exist. … Everything's going so fast, I'm just not ready to take it all in. It's, it's all so quick
James Clavell, CC BY-SA 4.0
The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.
James Clavell, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- Australia, United States
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1958–1994
- Notable works
- King Rat, Shōgun
- Education
- University of Birmingham
