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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 (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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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Freddie Francis ranks 1,139 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Freddie Francis ranks 250Before 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 280Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Freddie Francis ranks 3,906 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Freddie Francis ranks 84Before 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).

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