Elsa Chauvel, OBE (née Elsie May Wilcox; 10 February 1898 – 22 August 1983) was an Australian filmmaker and actress, and the wife and collaborator of film director Charles Chauvel. Elsa Chauvel was a pioneer in Australian film making, best known for her contributions to films such as Greenhide, In the Wake of the Bounty, and Jedda. Her legacy in Australian film was celebrated with the creation of the Chauvel Award, dedicated to the work of Elsa and Charles Chauvel, which honours Australian excellence in film.
ElsaChauvel, OBE (née Elsie May Wilcox; 10 February 1898 – 22 August 1983) was an Australian filmmaker and actress, and the wife and collaborator of film...
Zealand lawyer and politician ElsaChauvel (1898–1983), Australian actress and filmmaker; wife of Charles Chauvel Sir Harry Chauvel (1865–1945), senior officer...
ElsaChauvel, the director's wife, replaced large parts of Goodman's score with old-fashioned commercial "mood" music.[citation needed] The Chauvels celebrated...
ElsaChauvel's. She beat out Pat Firman for the role. Shooting began in May 1940. Interiors were shot in the Cinesound studios at Bondi which Chauvel...
when she was cast in the film Heritage by director Charles Chauvel at the age of 16. ElsaChauvel wrote in her 1973 memoirs: "This lovely child was brought...
Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. Only part of the film survives. High society girl Margery Paton (ElsaChauvel) leaves the city to live on her...
and named in honour of filmmaking couple Charles and ElsaChauvel. Past recipients of the Chauvel Award include producer Anthony Buckley, directors Paul...
series made for the ABC and BBC by director Charles Chauvel. It was the last project completed by Chauvel prior to his death. Lee Robinson later got the rights...
the Chauvel Award, named in honour of filmmakers Charles Chauvel and his wife ElsaChauvel. One of the last awards at this venue was awarded posthumously...
produced the film White Death (1936). The script was adapted by Charles and ElsaChauvel. It features a number of stock characters from Australian films and theatre...
Malanda, Queensland. In her 1973 memoir My Life with Charles Chauvel (p20), ElsaChauvel erroneously states that The Moth of Moonbi was an adaptation...
a 1949 Australian film directed and produced and co-written by Charles Chauvel. The film was shot in 1947 on location in Queensland, Australia, and the...
adventures to be made by Chauvel for his new company, Expeditionary Films. In March 1932, Chauvel left Australia with his wife Elsa and cameraman Tasman Higgins...
documentary about Australian soldiers during World War II directed by Charles Chauvel. It was the second in a series of films produced by the Austerity Loan...
score for the Australian director Charles Chauvel's landmark 1955 film Jedda, about Aborigines. ElsaChauvel, the director's wife, scrapped the most innovative...
Alan Thomas Carmody, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade, Canberra. ElsaChauvel, of Castlecrag, New South Wales. For services to the Australian film...
the University of Queensland. George Bell Kester Berwick Charles ChauvelElsaChauvel Agnes Dobson Doris Fitton Pierre Fornari Ken G. Hall Alan Harkness...
with illustrations by Percy Lindsay. Charles Chauvel bought the film rights. In the 1950s he and his wife Elsa wrote a film script of the novel for Warwick...
Australian screen culture and environment, and was presented to his wife ElsaChauvel. Storm Boy was nominated for nine awards but only received two; and Don's...
village of Chârost (his family had earlier lived in Bourges). Charles Chauvel (1897–1959), Australian film-maker, ancestors from Blois in the Loire Valley...
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