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Freddie Francis

Cinematographer / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 12/22/1917 († 89, 03/17/2007) | Islington, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Frederick William Francis (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. Francis started his film career as a cameraman for John Huston and for the directing team of Powell and Pressburger before becoming a cinematographer for British films such as Jack Cardiff's Sons and Lovers (1960), Jack Clayton's drama Room at the Top (1959) and psychological horror film The Innocents (1961). He became known for his collaborations with David Lynch with The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), and The Straight Story (1999). He also earned acclaim for his work on The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) starring Meryl Streep, and Martin Scorsese's ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Horror | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates. ...

Glory

Certification unknown

1989 | 3.7/5 | 2h 2min
Drama, History, War
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A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while ...

The Straight Story

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1999 | 3.9/5 | 1h 52min
Drama
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Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to ...

Cape Fear

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1991 | 3.6/5 | 2h 8min
Crime, Thriller, Drama
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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivit ...

The Elephant Man

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1980 | 4.0/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Freddie Francis

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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Movies with Freddie Francis as Actor(7)

2014 Between Horror, Fear, and Beauty
2012 Amicus: House of Horrors
as Self – Interviewee2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as himself2003 Inside the Fear Factory
as himself2001 The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as himself2001 The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
as himself1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

Movies with Freddie Francis as Crew(61)

Camera/Director of Photography1999 The Straight Story
Camera/Director of Photography1994 Princess Caraboo
Crew/Thanks1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Camera/Director of Photography1993 A Life in the Theatre
Camera/Director of Photography1992 School Ties
Camera/Director of Photography1991 Cape Fear
Crew/Cinematography1991 The Man in the Moon
Camera/Director of Photography1990 The Plot to Kill Hitler
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Glory
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Her Alibi
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Brenda Starr
Directing/Director1987 Dark Tower
Directing/Director1985 The Doctor and the Devils
Camera/Director of Photography1984 Dune
Camera/Director of Photography1984 The Jigsaw Man
Writing/Story1984 What Waits Below
Camera/Director of Photography1982 The Executioner's Song
Camera/Director of Photography1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Camera/Director of Photography1980 The Elephant Man
Directing/Director1975 Legend of the Werewolf
Directing/Director1975 The Ghoul
Directing/Director1974 Craze
Directing/Director1974 Son of Dracula
Directing/Director1973 Tales That Witness Madness
Directing/Director1973 The Creeping Flesh
Directing/Director1972 Tales from the Crypt
Directing/Director1971 The Vampire Happening
Directing/Director1970 Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
Directing/Director1970 Trog
Directing/Director1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Directing/Director1967 Torture Garden
Directing/Director1967 They Came from Beyond Space
Directing/Director1966 The Deadly Bees
Directing/Director1966 The Psychopath
Directing/Director1965 Hysteria
Directing/Director1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Directing/Director1965 The Skull
Directing/Director1964 The Evil of Frankenstein
Directing/Director1964 Nightmare
Directing/Director1964 Traitor's Gate
Directing/Director1963 Paranoiac
Directing/Director1962 The Brain
Directing/Director1962 Two and Two Make Six
Camera/Director of Photography1961 The Innocents
Crew/Cinematography1960 The Battle of the Sexes
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Sons and Lovers
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Room at the Top
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Virgin Island
Crew/Cinematography1958 Next to No Time
Crew/Cinematography1957 The Scamp
Camera/Director of Photography1957 Time Without Pity
Camera/Second Unit Director of Photography1956 Moby Dick
Camera/Camera Operator1953 Beat the Devil
Camera/Camera Operator1952 Angels One Five
Camera/Camera Operator1952 24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Camera/Camera Operator1950 Golden Salamander
Camera/Camera Operator1949 The Small Back Room
Camera/Camera Operator1947 Mine Own Executioner
Camera/Camera Operator1943 The New Lot

TV Shows/Series with Freddie Francis as Crew(5)

Directing/Director1989 Tales from the Crypt
Directing/Director1976 Star Maidens
Directing/Director1968 The Champions
Directing/Director1967 Man in a Suitcase
Directing/Director1962 The Saint

Full Name: Freddie Francis
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 12/22 1917 (December) in Islington, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 03/17 2007 (March) in Middlesex (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Member of: British Society of Cinematographers
Other names for Freddie Francis (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ken Barnett"
Freddie Francis frequently works together with these people:
Milton Subotsky (11x, Crew)
Peter Cushing (10x, Actor)
David Lynch (9x, Crew)
Frank Forsyth (9x, Actor)
John Wilcox (9x, Crew)
Max Rosenberg (9x, Crew)
John Huston (8x, Actor)
Marianne Stone (8x, Actress)
Don Mingaye (7x, Crew)
Jennifer Jayne (7x, Actress)
Ricardo Montez (7x, Actor)
Anthony Hinds (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:256918, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024