Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Fred Francis

Highest Rated: 100% Room at the Top (1959)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

Birthday: Dec 22, 1917

Birthplace: Islington, London, England, UK

Freddie Francis started his career as an apprentice to a still photographer and at age 17 began in motion pictures as a clapper boy. His first shot at cinematography came with the British Army Kinematographic unit during World War II, but after the war he returned to feature films as a camera operator, working with such seminal figures as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, John Huston and Zoltan Korda. Francis did the second unit photography on John Huston's "Moby Dick" (1956) and shortly thereafter graduated to director of photography on "Hell for Korea" (also 1956). He won applause for his work on Joseph Losey's "Time Without Pity" (1957) and for his gritty photography for "Room at the Top" (1958). His Oscar-winning work on "Sons and Lovers" (1960) was at the same time dark and rich, with delicious grey hues.

Show Less Show More

Highest rated movies

100% 81% Room at the Top
Watchlist
100% 62% Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Watchlist
96% 91% Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Watchlist 95% 93% Glory Watchlist
95% 91% The Straight Story
Watchlist 95% 86% The Innocents Watchlist
92% 93% The Elephant Man
Watchlist
91% 85% The Man in the Moon
Watchlist
90% 69% Tales from the Crypt
Watchlist
87% 87% Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Watchlist
View All Fred Francis photos

Fred Francis

Freddie Francis THE SKULL, director Freddie Francis, on set, 1965 LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF, director Freddie Francis, on set, 1974 lotw1974-fsct06(lotw1974-fsct06) DUNE, from left, Kyle MacLachlan, cinematographer Freddie Francis, on-set, 1984, ©Universal DUNE, from left: Francesca Annis, Kyle MacLachlan, cinematographer Freddie Francis on set, 1984, © Universal PRINCESS CARABOO, director Michael Austin, cinematographer Freddie Francis, on set, 1994. (c)TriStar Pictures THE DOCTOR AND THE DEVILS, Freddie Francis, Timothy Dalton on-set, 1985, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 91% Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff Unknown (Character) $20.0K 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fanex Files: Hammer Films Unknown (Character) - 2008
95% 91% The Straight Story Cinematographer $6.2M 1999
13% No Score Yet Rainbow Cinematographer - 1996
65% 50% Princess Caraboo Cinematographer $3.0M 1994
61% 69% School Ties Cinematographer $12.5M 1992
75% 77% Cape Fear Cinematographer $76.4M 1991
91% 85% The Man in the Moon Cinematographer $2.2M 1991
95% 93% Glory Cinematographer $25.5M 1989
17% 45% Her Alibi Cinematographer $17.2M 1989
47% 58% Clara's Heart Cinematographer $4.5M 1988
No Score Yet 32% Brenda Starr Cinematographer $45.1K 1986
No Score Yet 42% Code Name: Emerald Cinematographer $515.0K 1985
0% 40% The Doctor and the Devils Director $147.1K 1985
36% 65% Dune Cinematographer - 1984
No Score Yet 75% The Executioner's Song Cinematographer - 1982
83% 67% The French Lieutenant's Woman Cinematographer - 1981
92% 93% The Elephant Man Cinematographer - 1980
No Score Yet 26% Legend of the Werewolf Director - 1975
No Score Yet 33% The Ghoul Director - 1975
No Score Yet 23% Craze Director - 1974
83% 52% The Creeping Flesh Director - 1973
No Score Yet 28% Tales That Witness Madness Director - 1973
90% 69% Tales from the Crypt Director - 1972
No Score Yet 32% The Vampire Happening Director - 1971
33% 50% Girly Director - 1970
13% 23% Trog Director - 1970
81% 61% Dracula Has Risen From the Grave Director - 1968
No Score Yet 44% Torture Garden Director - 1967
No Score Yet 13% They Came From Beyond Space Director - 1967
No Score Yet 12% The Deadly Bees Director - 1967
No Score Yet 40% The Psychopath Director - 1966
100% 62% Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Director - 1965
No Score Yet 52% The Skull Director - 1965
No Score Yet 46% Hysteria Director - 1965
57% 36% The Evil of Frankenstein Director - 1964
No Score Yet 62% Night Must Fall Cinematographer - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Traitor's Gate Director - 1964
71% 48% Nightmare Director - 1963
No Score Yet 68% Paranoiac Director - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Brain Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two and Two Make Six Director - 1962
95% 86% The Innocents Cinematographer - 1961
No Score Yet 74% Never Take Candy From a Stranger Cinematographer - 1960
87% 87% Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Cinematographer - 1960
100% 81% Room at the Top Cinematographer - 1959
83% 40% The Battle of the Sexes Cinematographer - 1959

TV

Credit
87% 98% Mystery Science Theater 3000 Director 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Santo Director 1968-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man in a Suitcase Director 1967-1968