Freddie Francis
Cinematographer, film director (1917-2007) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 89
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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Impressions of DuneFilm2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'Film1994
The World of HammerSeries1990Academy Award for Best CinematographyAward1989
Tales from the CryptSeries, Director1987
Dark TowerFilm, Director1984
What Waits BelowFilm, Writer1983
Destination DuneFilm1976
Star MaidensSeries, Director1975
Legend of the WerewolfFilm, Director1973
Tales That Witness MadnessFilm, Director1972
The Adventures of Black BeautySeries, Director1971
The Vampire HappeningFilm, Director1970
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & GirlyFilm, Director1968
The ChampionsSeries, Director1967
Man in a SuitcaseSeries, Director
They Came from Beyond SpaceFilm, 1967Director1965
Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsFilm, Director1964
NightmareFilm, Director1962
The SaintSeries, Director
The BrainFilm, 1962Director1961Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-WhiteAward1917Born22 December 1917People around Freddie
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Christopher Lee Freddie directed Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969)
Peter Cushing Freddie directed The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Michael Gough Freddie directed Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1966)
Robert Hutton Freddie directed Trog and Tales from the Crypt- Marianne Stone Freddie directed Paranoiac (1960)
- Milton Subotsky Produced Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Jennifer Jayne Freddie directed Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1966)- Anthony Hinds Produced Paranoiac and The Evil of Frankenstein
David Bailie Freddie directed The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Janette Scott Freddie directed The Day of the Triffids (1963)- Jimmy Sangster Produced Nightmare and Hysteria
Maurice Denham Freddie directed Paranoiac and Torture Garden- Timothy Bateson Freddie directed The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Ursula Howells Also in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)- Peter Woodthorpe Freddie directed The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Robert Bloch Also in The Skull and The Deadly Bees
Patrick Magee Freddie directed Tales from the Crypt (1974)
Suzanna Leigh Freddie directed The Deadly Bees (1966)
John Standing Freddie directed Torture Garden (1967)- Patrick Wymark Freddie directed The Skull and The Psychopath
Edward Underdown Freddie directed Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1966)
Jenny Runacre Freddie directed The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Duncan Lamont Freddie directed The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)- George A. Cooper Freddie directed Nightmare (1964)
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Tales from the Crypt 1972
Nightmare 1964
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave 1968
Paranoiac 1963
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965
Filmography 36
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Television 7
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About this person
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.
