James Clavell
Writing

James Clavell

Born 1924-10-10 · Sydney, Australia · Died 1994-09-07

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell (10 October 1924 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian (later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love. Description above from the Wikipedia article  James Clavell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Great Escape★ 7.9
The Great Escape
1963
The Fly★ 7
The Fly
1958
To Sir, with Love★ 7.5
To Sir, with Love
1967
Tai-Pan★ 5.1
Tai-Pan
1986
Shogun★ 6.2
Shogun
1981
The Last Valley★ 6.6
The Last Valley
1971
633 Squadron★ 6.1
633 Squadron
1964
King Rat★ 7.1
King Rat
1965
The Satan Bug★ 6.4
The Satan Bug
1965
Watusi★ 5.8
Watusi
1959
Where's Jack?★ 8.5
Where's Jack?
1969
Walk Like a Dragon★ 5
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
Five Gates to Hell★ 4
Five Gates to Hell
1959