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Freddie Francis

Known For
Camera

Known Credits
9

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 22, 1917 (108 years old)

Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK

Freddie Francis

Biography

Frederick William (Freddie) Francis BSC (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He achieved his greatest successes in the former, including winning two Academy Awards, for Sons and Lovers (1960) and Glory (1989). As a director, he has cult status on account of his association with the British production companies Amicus and Hammer in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Known For

Camera

1999The Straight Story...Director of Photography
1996Rainbow...Director of Photography
1994Princess Caraboo...Director of Photography
1993A Life in the Theatre...Director of Photography
1992School Ties...Director of Photography
1991Cape Fear...Director of Photography
1991The Man in the Moon...Director of Photography
1990The Plot to Kill Hitler...Director of Photography
1989Glory...Director of Photography
1989Brenda Starr...Director of Photography
1989Her Alibi...Director of Photography
1988Clara's Heart...Director of Photography
1985Code Name: Emerald...Director of Photography
1984Dune...Director of Photography
1984Memed My Hawk...Director of Photography
1983The Jigsaw Man...Director of Photography
1982The Executioner's Song...Director of Photography
1981The French Lieutenant's Woman...Director of Photography
1980The Elephant Man...Director of Photography
1964Night Must Fall...Director of Photography
1961The Innocents...Director of Photography
1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning...Director of Photography
1960Sons and Lovers...Director of Photography
1960Never Take Sweets from a Stranger...Director of Photography
1959Virgin Island...Director of Photography
1958Room at the Top...Director of Photography
1957Time Without Pity...Director of Photography
1956A Hill in Korea...Director of Photography
1956Moby Dick...Second Unit Director of Photography
1954Monsieur Ripois...Camera Operator
1953Beat the Devil...Camera Operator
1953Twice Upon a Time...Camera Operator
1952Moulin Rouge...Camera Operator
195224 Hours of a Woman's Life...Camera Operator
1952Angels One Five...Camera Operator
1951The Tales of Hoffmann...Camera Operator
1950Golden Salamander...Camera Operator
1949The Small Back Room...Camera Operator
1947Nightbeat...Camera Operator
1947Mine Own Executioner...Camera Operator
1943The New Lot...Camera Operator

Crew

1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror...Thanks
1994Calliope...Cinematography
1960The Battle of the Sexes...Cinematography
1958Next to No Time...Cinematography
1957The Scamp...Cinematography

Directing

1989Tales from the Crypt...Director
1987Dark Tower...Director
1985The Doctor and the Devils...Director
1977Golden Rendezvous...Director
1976Star Maidens...Director
1975Legend of the Werewolf...Director
1975The Ghoul...Director
1974Craze...Director
1974Son of Dracula...Director
1973Tales That Witness Madness...Director
1973The Creeping Flesh...Director
1972The Adventures of Black Beauty...Director
1972Tales from the Crypt...Director
1971The Vampire Happening...Director
1970Trog...Director
1970Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly...Director
1968Dracula Has Risen from the Grave...Director
1968The Champions...Director
1967Torture Garden...Director
1967Man in a Suitcase...Director
1967They Came from Beyond Space...Director
1966The Deadly Bees...Director
1966The Psychopath...Director
1965The Skull...Director
1965Hysteria...Director
1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors...Director
1964Traitor's Gate...Director
1964The Evil of Frankenstein...Director
1964Nightmare...Director
1963Paranoiac...Director
1962The Saint...Director
1962The Brain...Director
1962Two and Two Make Six...Director

Writing

1984What Waits Below...Story

Acting

2012Amicus: House of Horrorsas
2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiffas Self – Interviewee
2003Inside the Fear Factoryas Himself
2003Impressions of Duneas Self
2001The Terrible Elephant Man Revealedas Self
2001The Making of 'Cape Fear'as Self
1994The World of Hammeras Self (archive footage)
1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horroras Self
1983Destination Duneas Self