James Clavell

James Clavell

male, deceased (1994) (Highland Park, Illinois, United States)
novelist, pow, To Sir, with Love, British Military, Asian Saga, the great escape…naturalized citizen of the United States, King Rat writer, The Last Valley film producer, The Last Valley film director, The Great Escape film producer
James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell was a novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II hero and POW. Clavell is best known for...
Paul Brickhill

Paul Brickhill

male, deceased (1991)
Australian World War II pilot, World War II prisoner of war, Royal Australian Air Force officer, ruhr, prisoner of war, Australian…the great escape, writer, The Dam Buster, Reach for the Sky, TheGreatEscapewriter
Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (December 20 1916 - April 23 1991) was an Australian writer, whose World War II books were turned into popular...

William R Burnett

novelist, writer, Screenwriter, Iron Man writer, born in Springfield, Ohio, Ice Station Zebra writer…Short Cut to Hell writer, This Gun for Hire writer, TheGreatEscapewriter, 4 for Texas writer, Wake Island writer
One of the most influential writers in screen history, W. R. Burnett has contributed countless classic moments in cinema. Born in Springfield,...