FILM DIRECTOR

Freddie Francis

1917 - 2007

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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 horror film The Innocents (1961). He became known for his collaborations with David Lynch with The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), and The Straight Story (1999). He also earned acclaim for his work on The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) starring Meryl Streep, and Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freddie Francis has received more than 252,694 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Freddie Francis is the 1,089th most popular film director (up from 1,136th in 2019), the 3,704th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,898th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Freddie Francis by language

Over the past year Freddie Francis has had the most page views in the with 34,742 views, followed by Italian (3,669), and German (3,301). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (41.80%), Romanian (36.26%), and Serbo-Croatian (30.77%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Freddie Francis ranks 1,089 out of 2,041. Before him are Helma Sanders-Brahms, Ferenc Kósa, Joe Ranft, Ivan Perestiani, Leopold Lindtberg, and Robert Parrish. After him are Harold Becker, Mario Van Peebles, Rodrigo García, Lloyd Kaufman, Erik Ode, and Jean Dréville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Freddie Francis ranks 259. Before him are Gösta Andersson, Kenkichi Iwasawa, Tony Cliff, Richard Boone, Pavel Solovyov, and Luigi Cantone. After him are Nils Karlsson, Larry O'Brien, José Luis Sampedro, Rudolf Gnägi, Kusuo Kitamura, and Tofig Guliyev. Among people deceased in 2007, Freddie Francis ranks 280. Before him are Henry L. Giclas, Angelo Conterno, Gisela Uhlen, Franz Antel, Florea Dumitrache, and Peer Hultberg. After him are Jef Planckaert, Kurt Schmied, Robert Goulet, Miklós Páncsics, Enzo Biagi, and Beverly Sills.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Freddie Francis ranks 3,704 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Bramah (1748), Howard Donald (1968), Joyce Mansour (1928), Mark Fisher (1968), Frances Yates (1899), and John Gower (1330). After him are Jason Bonham (1966), Eric Stewart (1945), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), Tommy Douglas (1904), and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Freddie Francis ranks 82. Before him are Roy Ward Baker (1916), Mike Figgis (1948), Barry Ackroyd (1954), John Alcott (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), and Gerry Anderson (1929). After him are Mark Herman (1954), Joe Wright (1972), Edgar Wright (1974), John Grierson (1898), Jonathan Glazer (1965), and Douglas Slocombe (1913).

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Filmography

Tales from the Crypt
Director
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Director
In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism. And once more fear and terror strikes Transylvania as the undead Prince of Darkness stalks the village of Keineneburg to ensnare victims and satisfy his evil thirst.
Nov 7o 19686.7 / 10