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Frederick William Francis (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director.. Francis started his film career as a cameraman for John Huston and for the directing team of Powell and Pressburger before becoming a cinematographer for British films such as Jack Cardiff's Sons and Lovers (1960), Jack Clayton's drama Room at the Top (1959) and psychological ...
Freddie Francis (1917-2007) was a British filmmaker who worked as a director, cinematographer and camera operator. He won two Oscars for his work on The Elephant Man and Glory, and was known for his collaborations with John Huston and Hammer Films.
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- Islington, London, England, UK
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- Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK
March 26, 2007. Freddie Francis, a versatile British cinematographer whose talent for creating atmosphere won him two Oscars, died on March 17 in London. He was 89. He had suffered a stroke in ...
Freddie Francis. Cinematographer: The Straight Story. During his last years at school he spent most of his time writing a thesis on 'the future of film' On leaving school he joined Gaumont British Studios at Lime Grove as an apprentice to a stills photographer for a year. He claimed this taught him more about the art of photography than any other form of training could. He then became a clapper...
- December 22, 1917
- March 17, 2007
Dec 22, 2017 · Celebrate the centenary of one of the great cinematographers in British cinema, who shot for Lynch and Scorsese and directed his own horror movies. See his Oscar-winning work on Sons and Lovers and The Innocents, and his portmanteau classics for Hammer and Amicus.
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Mar 21, 2007 · Francis was born in Islington, north London, and studied engineering at technical school. But realising that the chances of building bridges was minimal, he pursued his interests in photography ...
Oct 2, 2014 · The following is a chapter on The Innocents from cinematographer Freddie Francis’s memoir, The Straight Story from “Moby Dick” to “Glory.” It is reproduced here courtesy of Scarecrow Press. The last picture I worked on as a cinematographer in my first phase (with the exception of another in 1964 and my return to the craft in the 1980s) was Jack Clayton’s now cult classic The ...
