1917 - 2007
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 (up from 19 in 2019). Freddie Francis is the 1,139th most popular film director (down from 898th in 2019), the 3,906th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,171st in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Freddie Francis ranks 1,139 out of 1,581. Before him are Brian Yuzna, Alan Taylor, Tomas Alfredson, David Ayer, Georgy Tovstonogov, and Jack Bender. After him are Francesco Maselli, Marleen Gorris, Li Han-hsiang, Tony Gilroy, J. Searle Dawley, and Alexander Nevzorov.
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 1,133
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 1,134
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 1,135
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 1,136
1915 - 1989
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 1,137
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 1,138
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,139
1930 - 2023
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 1,140
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 1,141
1926 - 1996
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 1,142
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 1,143
1877 - 1949
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 1,144
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 1,145
Among people born in 1917, Freddie Francis ranks 250. Before him are Valerie Hobson, Leandro Remondini, Jean Lucas, Richard Boone, Eugen Walaschek, and Yahya Petra of Kelantan. After him are Gwendolyn Brooks, Wenche Foss, Tadd Dameron, Nils Täpp, Rufus Thomas, and Ibrahim Shams. Among people deceased in 2007, Freddie Francis ranks 280. Before him are Ove Grahn, Chrisye, Eugen Walaschek, Fred Saberhagen, Ulrich Plenzdorf, and Tetsuo Okamoto. After him are Robert Goulet, R. B. Kitaj, Adam Kozłowiecki, Grace Paley, Pedro Cubilla, and Pief Panofsky.
1917 - 1998
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 244
1917 - 1979
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 245
1917 - 2003
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 246
1917 - 1981
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 247
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 248
1917 - 1979
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 249
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 250
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 251
1917 - 2011
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 252
1917 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 253
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 254
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 255
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 256
1943 - 2007
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 274
1949 - 2007
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 275
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 276
1930 - 2007
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 277
1934 - 2007
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 278
1932 - 2007
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 279
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 280
1933 - 2007
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 281
1932 - 2007
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 282
1911 - 2007
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 283
1922 - 2007
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 284
1933 - 2007
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 285
1919 - 2007
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 286
Among people born in United Kingdom, Freddie Francis ranks 3,906 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Daniell (1894), Paula Yates (1959), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), W. D. Ross (1877), and Arthur Wynne (1871). After him are Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Michael Ruse (1940), Aaron Ramsey (1990), Joseph Thomson (1858), Antonia Thomas (1986), and James Robertson Justice (1907).
1894 - 1963
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 3,900
1959 - 2000
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 3,901
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 3,902
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 3,903
1877 - 1971
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 3,904
1871 - 1945
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 3,905
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 3,906
1932 - 2017
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 3,907
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 3,908
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 3,909
1858 - 1895
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 3,910
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 3,911
1907 - 1975
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 3,912
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Freddie Francis ranks 84. Before him are Joe Wright (1972), Duncan Jones (1971), John Grierson (1898), Tom Hooper (1972), Barry Ackroyd (1954), and Simon West (1961). After him are Mark Herman (1954), Anthony Harvey (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), Richard Eyre (1943), Douglas Slocombe (1913), and Benjamin Glazer (1887).
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 78
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 79
1898 - 1972
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 80
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 81
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 82
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 83
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 84
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 85
1930 - 2017
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 86
1927 - 2011
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 87
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 88
1913 - 2016
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 89
1887 - 1956
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 90