1984Nominee
Best Director
Dune
Freddie Francis
Actor · Director · Writer
Islington, London, England, UK
December 22, 1917
Biography
Frederick William (Freddie) Francis BSC (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He achieved his greatest successes in the former, including winning two Academy Awards, for Sons and Lovers (1960) and Glory (1989). As a director, he has cult status on account of his association with the British production companies Amicus and Hammer in the 1960s and 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Freddie Francis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1980Winner
Best Director
The Elephant Man
1991Nominee
Best Director
Cape Fear
Career Highlights
1989Highlight
Best Director
Glory
1999Highlight
Best Director
The Straight Story
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Dune
The Elephant Man
Cape Fear