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Freddie Francis

Personal Information

Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Born / DiedDec 22, 1917 (Died at 90)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Place of BirthIslington, London, England, UK
Career Span1943 – 2007
Known Credits88 Titles
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Freddie Francis

Also known as:Ken Barnett
Total Works

88

81 movies • 7 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Freddie Francis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Elephant Man
8.0
The Elephant Man
1980•movie
Role: Director of Photography
Cape Fear
7.3
Cape Fear
1991•movie
Role: Director of Photography
Dune
6.2
Dune
1984•movie
Role: Director of Photography
The Straight Story
7.7
The Straight Story
1999•movie
Role: Director of Photography

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 88 titles featuring Freddie Francis

The Elephant Man
8.0
The Elephant Man
1980•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Cape Fear
7.3
Cape Fear
1991•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Dune
6.2
Dune
1984•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Straight Story
7.7
The Straight Story
1999•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Glory
7.5
Glory
1989•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Tales from the Crypt
8.0

Role: Director

The Innocents
7.5
The Innocents
1961•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Moby Dick
7.1
Moby Dick
1956•movie

Role: Second Unit Director of Photography

School Ties
6.5
School Ties
1992•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Man in the Moon
7.4

Role: Director of Photography

Tales from the Crypt
6.8

Role: Director

The French Lieutenant's Woman
6.5

Role: Director of Photography

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
6.7

Role: Director

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
6.5

Role: Director

Beat the Devil
6.1
Beat the Devil
1953•movie

Role: Camera Operator

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
7.0

Role: Director of Photography

Her Alibi
5.4
Her Alibi
1989•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Room at the Top
6.9
Room at the Top
1958•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Saint
7.4
The Saint
1962•series

Role: Director

The Evil of Frankenstein
6.2

Role: Director

Moulin Rouge
6.6
Moulin Rouge
1952•movie

Role: Camera Operator

The Skull
6.0
The Skull
1965•movie

Role: Director

The Creeping Flesh
5.9
The Creeping Flesh
1973•movie

Role: Director

The Tales of Hoffmann
7.1

Role: Camera Operator

Paranoiac
6.6
Paranoiac
1963•movie

Role: Director

Torture Garden
6.2
Torture Garden
1967•movie

Role: Director

The Small Back Room
6.7

Role: Camera Operator

Nightmare
6.8
Nightmare
1964•movie

Role: Director

The Doctor and the Devils
6.3

Role: Director

Clara's Heart
5.5
Clara's Heart
1988•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Tales That Witness Madness
5.5

Role: Director

Time Without Pity
6.5
Time Without Pity
1957•movie

Role: Director of Photography

They Came from Beyond Space
5.2

Role: Director

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
7.3

Role: Director of Photography

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
6.0

Role: Director

Trog
4.6
Trog
1970•movie

Role: Director

The Jigsaw Man
5.0
The Jigsaw Man
1983•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Deadly Bees
4.5
The Deadly Bees
1966•movie

Role: Director

Sons and Lovers
6.5
Sons and Lovers
1960•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.6

as Self – Interviewee

The Ghoul
4.9
The Ghoul
1975•movie

Role: Director

The Psychopath
6.4
The Psychopath
1966•movie

Role: Director

Angels One Five
6.1
Angels One Five
1952•movie

Role: Camera Operator

The Executioner's Song
5.8

Role: Director of Photography

The Battle of the Sexes
6.6

Role: Cinematography

Princess Caraboo
5.5
Princess Caraboo
1994•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Dark Tower
3.9
Dark Tower
1987•movie

Role: Director

Night Must Fall
6.5
Night Must Fall
1964•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Legend of the Werewolf
5.4

Role: Director

The Plot to Kill Hitler
6.2

Role: Director of Photography

Brenda Starr
4.8
Brenda Starr
1989•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Champions
6.5
The Champions
1968•series

Role: Director

What Waits Below
4.1
What Waits Below
1984•movie

Role: Story

The Vampire Happening
5.2

Role: Director

Craze
5.1
Craze
1974•movie

Role: Director

Monsieur Ripois
6.0
Monsieur Ripois
1954•movie

Role: Camera Operator

Golden Salamander
6.2
Golden Salamander
1950•movie

Role: Camera Operator

The Making of 'Cape Fear'
7.4

as Self

A Hill in Korea
6.5
A Hill in Korea
1956•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Code Name: Emerald
6.6
Code Name: Emerald
1985•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Traitor's Gate
6.0
Traitor's Gate
1964•movie

Role: Director

The Brain
5.8
The Brain
1962•movie

Role: Director

Mine Own Executioner
7.0

Role: Camera Operator

Hysteria
6.5
Hysteria
1965•movie

Role: Director

Golden Rendezvous
5.5
Golden Rendezvous
1977•movie

Role: Director

The Scamp
6.2
The Scamp
1957•movie

Role: Cinematography

The Adventures of Black Beauty
6.2

Role: Director

Man in a Suitcase
7.2
Man in a Suitcase
1967•series

Role: Director

Son of Dracula
5.9
Son of Dracula
1974•movie

Role: Director

Star Maidens
4.2
Star Maidens
1976•series

Role: Director

Rainbow
4.7
Rainbow
1996•movie

Role: Director of Photography

A Life in the Theatre
6.5

Role: Director of Photography

Nightbeat
5.7
Nightbeat
1947•movie

Role: Camera Operator

24 Hours of a Woman's Life
5.8

Role: Camera Operator

The World of Hammer
6.8
1 eps
The World of Hammer
1994•series

as Self (archive footage)

Memed My Hawk
6.0
Memed My Hawk
1984•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Amicus: House of Horrors
10.0
Virgin Island
6.3
Virgin Island
1959•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Next to No Time
7.7
Next to No Time
1958•movie

Role: Cinematography

Calliope
8.0
Calliope
1994•movie

Role: Cinematography

Destination Dune
6.5
Destination Dune
1983•movie

as Self

Two and Two Make Six
7.5

Role: Director

Twice Upon a Time
7.0
Twice Upon a Time
1953•movie

Role: Camera Operator

Inside the Fear Factory
8.0

as Himself

The New Lot
8.0
The New Lot
1943•movie

Role: Camera Operator

Impressions of Dune

as Self