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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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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.
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...
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- March 17, 2007
Frederick William (Freddie) Francis BSC (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer, 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 ...
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Mar 21, 2007 · FREDDIE FRANCIS (1917-2007) C. Jerry Kutner. March 21, 2007. I’d like to join Tim Lucas and others in acknowledging the passing of Freddie Francis, a fine underrated director and one of the greatest of English cinematographers. He deservedly won an Academy Award for his photography of Edward Zwick’s Glory, and probably should have won for ...
