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Cinematographer, film director (1917-2007)

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Frederick William Francis BSC was an English cinematographer and film director whose filmmaking career spanned over 60 years, from the late 1930s until the late 1990s.

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Photos 2

Filmography 36

Tales from the Crypt1972 · ★ 6.8
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave1968 · ★ 6.7
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors1965 · ★ 6.5
The Evil of Frankenstein1964 · ★ 6.2
The Skull1965 · ★ 6.1
The Creeping Flesh1973 · ★ 5.9
Torture Garden1967 · ★ 6.2
Paranoiac1963 · ★ 6.6
Nightmare1964 · ★ 6.8
The Doctor and the Devils1985 · ★ 6.2
Tales That Witness Madness1973 · ★ 5.5
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly1970
Trog1970
They Came from Beyond Space1967
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010
The Deadly Bees1966
The Psychopath1966
The Ghoul1975
Dark Tower1987
Legend of the Werewolf1975
Craze1974
The Vampire Happening1971
What Waits Below1984
The Making of 'Cape Fear'2001
The Brain1962
Traitor's Gate1964
Hysteria1965
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror1994
Golden Rendezvous1977
Son of Dracula1974
Amicus: House of Horrors2012
Destination Dune1983
Two and Two Make Six1962
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed2001
Inside the Fear Factory2003
Impressions of Dune2003

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Television 7

The Saint1962
Tales from the Crypt1989
The Champions1968
Man in a Suitcase1967
The Adventures of Black Beauty1972
The World of Hammer1994
Star Maidens1976

Awards 2

1990Academy Award for Best Cinematography
1961Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

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Frederick William Francis BSC was an English cinematographer and film director whose filmmaking career spanned over 60 years, from the late 1930s until the late 1990s. One of the most celebrated British cinematographers of his time, he received numerous accolades for his photography, including two Academy Awards and five BAFTA Awards. As a director he was best known for his horror films, notably those made for production companies Amicus and Hammer in the 1960s and 1970s.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2007 · aged 89
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