James Clavell

James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; 10 October 1921 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian-born, British-raised and educated, naturalized-American writer, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his ''Asian Saga'' novels, a number of which have had television adaptations. Clavell also wrote such screenplays as those for ''The Fly'' (1958), based on the short story by George Langelaan, and ''The Great Escape'' (1963), based on the personal account of Paul Brickhill. He directed the popular 1967 film ''To Sir, with Love'', for which he also wrote the script. Provided by Wikipedia