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Francis Lee (born 1969 [1]) is an English filmmaker who has written and directed the films God's Own Country (2017) and Ammonite (2020). Life and career. Francis Lee grew up on his family's farm in Soyland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire. After finishing school, he studied acting at the Rose Bruford College and worked in the theatre afterwards. [2] .
Nov 9, 2017 · Francis Carson Lee had some personal issues to work out. So he made a movie called God's Own Country, bringing gay romance to a whole new level.
Nov 10, 2020 · Why ‘Ammonite’ Director Francis Lee Says the Story of a 19th Century Paleontologist Is So Personal. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in a quiet, restrained, unromantic story of a woman who...
A largely self-taught filmmaker who resisted the ‘rules’ of writing - though found truth in the subtext of Chekov’s plays - he has come to the job of writer/director via a handful of shorts following a modest acting career. Lee found the yearning passion between his leads by holding them apart.
Director: God's Own Country. Francis Lee is a writer and director. Born on his family's farm in Soyland, West Yorkshire. After secondary education at Ryburn Valley High School in Sowerby Bridge and Wakefield District College he studied at Rose Bruford College of Speach and Drama.
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Nov 13, 2020 · Ammonite: Directed by Francis Lee. With Sarah White, Liam Thomas, Sam Parks, Kate Winslet. 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Sep 12, 2020 · Written and directed by Francis Lee, the film is set in 1840s Dorset, England. There the paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) spends her time mostly alone by the seaside looking for...
