Name
Freddie Francis
Known For
Camera
Birthday
1917-12-22
Deathday
2007-03-17 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
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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- 1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Self
- 2012 Amicus: House of Horrors
- 2001 The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
- 2003 Inside the Fear Factory as Himself
- 2001 The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed as Self
- 2003 Impressions of Dune as Self
- 2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self – Interviewee
- 1983 Destination Dune as Self
- 1994 The World of Hammer ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
