Filmmaker: Frank E. Gunnell

Gunnell pictured in Movie Makers, June 1952, 142.

Frank E. Gunnell

Club Affiliation

Amateur Cinema League

Metropolitan Motion Picture Club of New York

Staten Island Cinema Club

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1934 - Honorable Mention
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1935 - Honorable Mention
ACL Ten Best 1935
ACL Ten Best 1936 - Honorable Mention General Class
ACL Ten Best 1938 - Honorable Mention General Class
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1938 - Honorable Mention
ACL Ten Best 1940 - Honorable Mention General Class
ACL Ten Best 1941 - General Class
ACL Ten Best 1941 - Honorable Mention General Class
ACL Ten Best 1942 - General Class
National Film Board of Canada's "Come to Canada" Film Contest, 1943 - First Prize Winner
ACL Ten Best 1944 - General Class
ACL Ten Best 1944 - Honorable Mention General Class
Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award 1945
ACL Ten Best 1945 - General Class
American Humane Association Amateur Film Contest 1946 - Second Prize
Union Pacific Railroad Amateur Film Contest 1946 - Second Prize, $500
ACL Ten Best 1947 - General Class
ACL Ten Best 1948
ACL Ten Best 1951 - Honorable Mention

Films:

Adirondack Adventure (1935)

Mohawk Pals (1944)

Bryce Canyon Wonderland (1936)

While the Earth Remaineth (1945)

Shadow’s Bones (1938)

Bryce Canyon Trails (1947)

Sahuaro Land (1940)

Salmon—River Of No Return, The (1948)

Down Mexico Way [1941] (1941)

From Winter Snows to Summer Sunshine (1933)

Western Wild Life (1941)

Northwoods Adventures (1951)

Voorlezer’s House, The (1942)

Baie St. Paul (1943)

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Profession:

Educator, Producer

Biographical Notes:

Gunnell served as an educator in New York City's public school system before being appointed director of the motion picture production for the Bureau of Public Information of the Board of Education. He was selected as a director of the ACL in 1952. From Staten Island, N.Y.

Bibliographic Resources:

Movie Makers, Dec. 1938, 595. Movie Makers, June 1950, 209. Movie Makers, June 1952, 142, 152.