Freddie Francis
Birthday
1917/12/22
Day of death
2007/03/17 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
Also know as
Ken Barnett
Biography
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 1960s and 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Freddie Francis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(1994) Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Self
(2012) Amicus: House of Horrors
as ---
(2001) The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
(2003) Inside the Fear Factory
as Himself
(2001) The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
as Self
(2003) Impressions of Dune
as ---
(2010) Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee