Freddie Francis

Freddie Francis was born on Dec 22, 1917 in UK. Freddie Francis's big-screen debut came with Hell in Korea directed by Julian Amyes in 1956. Freddie Francis is known for The Straight Story directed by David Lynch, Sissy Spacek stars as Rose and Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy. Freddie Francis has got 16 awards and 14 nominations so far. The most recent award Freddie Francis achieved is Camerimage. The upcoming new movie Freddie Francis plays is The Straight Story which will be released on Nov 03, 1999.

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 boy at B.I.P. Studios at Elstree then moved to British Dominion where he became a a camera assistant. Next was a move to Pinewood and his call up for war duty much of which was spent as a one man film unit based at Aldershot where he learnt more about his craft than about soldering.. After the war he returned to Shepperton Studios to work for Alexander Korda and Powell and Pressburger. He also worked for John Huston on 'Moby Dick' for which he was responsible for all the second unit photography and special effects.