James Clavell - Biography

James Clavell was born on October 10, 1921 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle. He was a writer and director, known for La grande évasion (1963), Les anges aux poings serrés (1967) and Shogun (1980). He was married to April Stride. He died on September 7, 1994 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.