The Big Picture details the careers Charles and Elsa Chauvel – known as Australia’s most enduring and successful filmmakers, having made nine feature films between 1926 and 1955. The Chauvels were innovators and pioneers, constantly testing the boundaries of what was possible physically and financially. Featuring in depth interviews with Susanne Chauvel Carlsson, Ric Carlsson as well as fascinating archival material, including rare footage of Charles and Elsa Chauvel, Chips Rafferty and Michael Pate. The Big Picture – the films of Charles Chauvel is based on the biography/memoir The Life and Cinema of Charles Chauvel by Susanne Chauvel Carlsson and is an important documentary depicting a vital piece of film making history.
John Doggett-Williams
Director, Writer
Bryan Dawe
Self (voice)
Elsa Chauvel
Self (archive footage)
Susanne Chauvel-Carlsson
Self
Michael Pate
Self (archive footage)
Norman Rydge
Self
Chips Rafferty
Self (archive footage)
Ric Chauvel
Self
Charles Chauvel
Self (archive footage)
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Directed by John Ford70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
The Class of ‘9271%
Sherman's March67%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds74%
Cameraperson67%
Maternal Instinct72%
180° South72%
Sidney70%
McQueen74%
Being James Bond77%
Night Will Fall76%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Room 23761%
My Mom Jayne80%
