James Clavell

James Clavell

Birthday: October 10, 1924 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Deathday: September 7, 1994
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 ad...aptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.