Freddie Francis (1917 - 2007)

Date of Birth: 22 December 1917
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Date of Death: 17 March 2007
Place of Death:
Also Known As: Ken Barnett; Frederick Francis; Fred Francis

* = television

1955
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (camera operator)
L'apprendista stregone - Italian title

1956
Moby Dick (camera operator, 2nd unit director of photography)
Herman Melville's Moby Dick
Moby Dick - valkoinen valas - Finnish title
Moby Dick la balena bianca - Italian title
Moby Dick, la ballena blanca - Spanish title

1961
The Innocents (director of photography)
Les innocents - French title
Kauhujen linna - Finnish title
De oskyldiga - Swedish title
Schloß des Schreckens - West German title
Suspense - Italian / Spanish title
De uskyldige - Danish title

1962
The Day of the Triffids (director (uncredited))
Blumen des Schreckens - West German title
Il giorno dei trifidi - Italian title
Invasion of the Triffids
L'invasione dei mostri Verdi - Italian title
Päivä, jolloin maailma sokeutui - Finnish title
Päivä, jona maailma tuli sokeaksi - Finnish title
Revolt of the Triffids
La semilla del espacio - Spanish title
Triffidek napja - Hungarian title
Triffidernas dag - Swedish title
Trifyderna dag - Swedish title

Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder (director)
The Brain - US title
El cerebro - Spanish title
A Dead Man Seeks His Murderer
Kuollut etsii murhaajaansa - Finnish title
Over My Dead Body
L'uomo che vinse la morte - Italian title
Vengeance – UK title

1963
Paranoiac (director)
El alucinante mundo de los Ashby - Spanish title
Haus des Grauens - Austrian title
Lukitun kammion salaisuus - Finnish title
Paranoic - Haus des Grauens - West German title
Il rifugio dei dannati - Italian title

1964
The Evil of Frankenstein (director)
L'empreinte de Frankenstein - French title
Frankensteins Ungeheuer - West German title
La rivolta di Frankenstein - Italian title

Night Must Fall (director of photography)
La doppia vita di Dan Craig - Italian title
La force des ténèbres - French title
Griff aus dem Dunkel - West German title
Natt i skräck - Swedish title

Nightmare (director)
El abismo del miedo - Spanish title
Der Satan mit den langen Wimpern - West German title
La spirale del terrore - Italian title

1965
Dr Terror's House of Horrors (director)
The Blood Suckers
Le cinque chiavi del terrore - Italian title
Gabinet grozy doktora zgrozy - Polish title
Die Todeskarten des Dr Schreck - West German title
Le train des épouvantes - French title

Hysteria (director)

The Skull (director)
A caveira - Portugese title
Dödskallen - Swedish title
La maldición de la calavera - Spanish title
Der Schädel des Marquis de Sade - West German title
Il teschio maledetto - Italian title

1966
The Deadly Bees (director)
Il mistero dell'isola dei gabbiani - Italian title
A picada mortal - Spanish title
Die Tödlichen Bienen - West German title

The Psychopath (director)
La bambola di cera - Italian title
Poupée de cendres - French title
El psicópata - Spanish title
Der Puppenmörder - West German title

1967
They Came From Beyond Space (director)
La morte scarlatta viene dallo spazio - Italian title
Sie kamen von jenseits des Weltraums - West German title

Torture Garden (director)
Der Foltergarten des Dr Diabolo - Austrian / West German title
Il giardino delle torture - Italian title
Le jardin des tortures - French title
Skräckens ansikte - Swedish title

1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (director)
Le amanti di Dracula - Italian title
Dracula et les femmes - French title
Drácula vuelve de la tumba - Spanish title
Draculas Rückkehr - West German title
Draculas vålnad - Swedish title

1969
The Champions: Shadow of the Panther (director) *

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (director)
Girly - US title

1970
Gebissen wird nur nachts (director)
Happening der Vampire
Mezzo litro di rosso per il conte Dracula - Italian title
The Vampire Happening

Trog (director)
Trogi - Finnish title
Das Ungeheuer - West German title

1972
Tales from the Crypt (director)
Condenados de ultratumba - Spanish title
Contes d'outre-tombe – French title
Från andra sidan graven - Swedish title
Geschichten aus der Gruft - West German title
Haudan tuolta puolen - Finnish title
Im Horrorkabinett - West German title
Opowiesc z krypty - Polish title
Racconti dalla tomba - Italian title

1973
Craze (director)
Il buio macchiato di rosso - Italian title
Craze - Dämon des Grauens - West German title
Dämon des Grauens - West German title
Demon Master
The Infernal Idol
Locura - Spanish title
Syalenstwo - Polish title

The Creeping Flesh (director)
Auferstehung des Grauens - West German title
Djävulens skelett - Swedish title
Em Carne Viva - Portugese title
El esqueleto prehistórico - Spanish title
Il terrore viene dalla pioggia - Italian title

Tales That Witness Madness (director)
Delirious - Italian title
Delirious: il baratro della follia - Italian title
Geschichten, die zum Wahnsinn führen - West German title
Las orgías de la locura - Spanish title
Witness Madness

1974
Son of Dracula (director)
Young Dracula

1975
The Ghoul (director)
Der Ghul - West German title
O Monstro do Pântano - Portugese title
Night of the Ghoul - US DVD title
The Thing in the Attic

Legend of the Werewolf (director)
A Lenda do Lobisomem - Portugese title
Plague of the Werewolves

1976
Star Maidens: Kidnap (director) *

Star Maidens: Test For Love (director) *

Star Maidens: What Have They Done to the Rain? (director) *

Star Maidens: Hideout (director) *

Star Maidens: The Enemy (director) *

1980
The Elephant Man (director of photography)
Czlowiek slon - Polish title
Der Elefantenmensch - Austrian / West German title
Elefantmannen - Swedish title
Elefanttimies - Finnish title
El hombre elefante - Spanish title
O Homem Elefante - Portugese title
Ish Ha-Peel - Hebrew Israeli title

1984
Destination Dune (performer (himself)) *

Dune (director of photography)
Diuna - Polish title
Duna - Portugese / Chilean / Czech title
Dune: Der Wüstenplanet - West German title
Dyyni - Finnish title
Klit - Danish title
Der Wüstenplanet - West German title
Xolit - Hebrew Israeli title

1985
The Doctor and the Devils (director)
Le docteur et les assassins - French title
El doctor y los diablos - Spanish title
Doktor i diably - Polish title
O Médico e os Monstros - Portugese title
Tohtori ja paholaiset - Finnish title

Return to Oz (director of photography (uncredited))
Nel fantastico mondo di Oz - Italian title
Oz - Eine phantastische Welt - West German title
Oz - en fantastisk värld - Swedish title
Oz - ihmeiden maailma - Finnish title
Oz, un mundo fantástico - Spanish title
Ritân tû Ozu – Japanese title

1987
Dark Tower (director (as Ken Barnett))
Il grattacielo della morte - Italian title
Hochhaus des Schreckens - West German title
Onura wieza - Polish title
Pimeä torni - Finnish title

1989
Brenda Starr (director of photography)
Brenda Starr - Stjärnreportern - Swedish title
Brenda Starr - tähtireportteri – Finnish television title
Brenda Starr l'avventura in prima pagina - Italian title
O Perigo É a Minha Profissão - Portugese title

Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (director of photography) *

Tales from the Crypt: Last Respects (director) *

1991
Cape Fear (director of photography)
Cabo de miedo – Argentinian title
El cabo del miedo - Spanish title
El cabo del terror - Spanish title
Cabo do Medo - Brazilian title
O Cabo do Medo - Portugese title
El cap de la por - Catalan Spanish title
Cape Fear - il promontorio della paura - Italian title
Kap der Angst – Austrian / German title
Les nerfs à vif - French title
Przyladek strachu - Polish title

1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (performer (himself)) *
Sangre y muerte: El legado del terror de Hammer – Venezuelan title

The Vampire Interviews (performer (himself))

1995
Rainbow (director of photography)
Deb magiska regnbågen - Swedish title
Rainbow - Die phantastische Reise auf dem Regenbogen - German title
Rainbow - Il mondo segreto dei colori - Italian title
Sateenkaaren salaisuus - Finnish title
Les voyageurs de l'arc-en-ciel - French / French Canadian title

1996
100 Years of Horror: Maniacs (performer (himself))

100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company (performer (himself))

100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (performer (himself))

2000
Ghosthunter (consultant cinematographer)

1947
The Macomber Affair (Africa photographer (as Fred Francis))
L'affaire Macomber - French title
Affäre Macomber - West German title
Afrikan taivaan alla - Finnish title
Großjagd in Afrika - West German title
Leidenschaft im Dschungel - Austrian / West German title
Pasión en la selva - Spanish title
Passione selvaggia - Italian title

Mine Own Executioner (camera operator)
Carnefice di me stesso - Italian title
Tödliches Geheimnis - Austrian / West German title
Varjojen vanki - Finnish title

1949
The Small Back Room (camera operator)
Experten aus dem Hinterzimmer - West German title
Hour of Glory - US title
La mort apprivoisée - French Belgian title
Osasto X-43 - Finnish title
La stanzetta sul retro - Italian title

1950
The Elusive Pimpernel (camera operator (as Fred Francis))
Das Dunkelrote Siegel - West German title
The Fighting Pimpernel - US title
Den gäckande nejlikan - Swedish title
Das Geheimnis der scharlachroten Blume - Austrian title
L'inafferabile primula rossa - Italian title
El libertador - Spanish title
Pettävä Punainen Neilikka - Finnish title
El pimpinela triunfante - Mexican title

The Golden Salamander (camera operator)
Der Goldene Salamander - Austrian / West German title
Den gyldne salamander - Danish title
Kultainen salamanteri - Finnish title
La salamandra de oro - Spanish title
A Salamandra de Ouro - Brazilian title
La salamandra d'oro - Italian title

Gone to Earth (camera operator)
Die Schwarze Füchsin - Austrian / West German title
Corazón indomito - Mexican title
Corazón salvaje - Spanish title
Lumottu veri - Finnish title
La renarde - French title
La volpe - Italian title

1952
Moulin Rouge (camera operator)
Punainen mylly - Finnish title

Outcast of the Islands (assistant camera (as Fred Francis))
Aissa - ruskea viettelys - Finnish title
L'avventuriero della Malesia - Italian title
Desterrado de las islas - Spanish title
Der Verdammte der Inseln - Austrian / West German title

The Wild Heart (camera operator)
Gypsy Blood

1953
Angels One Five (camera operator (as Fred Francis))
Quinta squadriglia Hurricanes - Italian title
Viimeinen lento - Finnish title

Beat the Devil (camera operator)
Afrika kincse - Hungarian title
Afrikan aarre - Finnish title
La burla del diablo - Spanish title
O Diabo Riu por Último - Brazilian title
Fuld af løgn - Danish title
Plus fort que le diable - French title
Schach dem Teufel - Austrian / West German title
Skälmarnas marknad - Swedish title
Il tesoro dell'Africa - Italian title
O Tesouro de África - Portugese title

Twice Upon a Time (camera operator)
C'era una volta... - Italian title

1956
Dry Rot (2nd unit director of photography)
Vedonlyöjät vauhdissa - Finnish title

A Hill in Korea (director of photography)
An vorderster Front - Austrian / West German title
Commando en Corée - French title
Dreck und Tod in 20 Stunden - Austrian title
I fucilieri dei mari della Cina - Italian title
Hell in Korea - US title

1957
The Scamp (director of photography)
Strange Affection - US title

Time Without Pity (director of photography (as Frederick Francis))
24 tuntia armonaikaa - Finnish title
L'alibi dell'ultima ora - Italian title
Angstens timer - Danish title
Tempo Impiedoso - Portugese title
Teuflisches Alibi - West German title
Tiempo sin piedad - Spanish title

1958
Next to No Time (director of photography)

Virgin Island (director of photography)
Our Virgin Island - US title
Paratiisi myytävänä - Finnish title
Sabbie roventi - Italian title
Vores lille drømmeø - Danish title

1959
The Battle of the Sexes (director of photography)
La bataille des sexes - French title
La battaglia dei sessi - Italian title
Helyllesabotören - Swedish title
Mr Miller ist kein Killer - West German title
Sukupuolten sota - Finnish title

Room at the Top (director of photography)
Les chemins de la haute ville - French title
Un lloc a dalt de tot - Catalan Spanish title
Un lugar en la cumber - Spanish title
La strada dei quartieri alti - Italian title
Tilaa huipulla - Finnish title
Der Weg nach oben - Austrian / West German title

1960
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (director of photography)
Lauantai-illasta sunnuntaiaamuun - Finnish title
Sábado à Noite, Domingo de Manhã - Portugese title
Sábado noche, domingo mañana - Spanish title
Sabato sera domenica mattina - Italian title
Samedi soir, dimanche matin - French title
Samstagnacht bis Sonntagmorgen - West German title

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (director of photography)
Corruzione a Jamestown - Italian title
Lapsi on murhattu - Finnish title
Never Take Candy From a Stranger
Vertraue keinem Fremden - West German title

Sons and Lovers (director of photography)
Figli e amanti - Italian title
Poikia ja rakastajia - Finnish title

1961
The Horsemasters (director of photography) *
Mästerryttarna - Swedish title

1962
Two and Two Make Six (director)
2 x 2 = 6 - Finnish title
A Change of Heart
Due più due fa sei - Italian title
The Girl Swappers

1964
Diary of a Bachelor (script (as Ken Barnett))
Poikamiehen päiväkirja - Finnish title

Das Verrätertor (director)
Grande rapina alla torre di Londra - Italian title
Kauhuliiga - Finnish title
Traitor's Gate

1967
Man in a Suitcase: Essay in Evil (director) *

1968
Man in a Suitcase: Night Flight to Andorra (director) *

Man in a Suitcase: Which Way Did He Go, McGill? (director) *

Man in a Suitcase: Who's Mad Now? (director) *

The Saint: The Gadic Collection (director) *

1969
The Intrepid Mr Twigg (director)

The Saint: The Man Who Gambled With Life (director) *

1972
The Adventures of Black Beauty: episode unknown (director) *

1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman (director of photography)
A Amante do Tenente Francês - Portugese title
La dona del tinent francès - Catalan Spanish title
La donna del tenente francese - Italian title
I eromeni tou gallou lochagou - Greek title
A Francia hadnagy szeretöje - Hungarian title
Die Frau des französischen Leutnants - West German title
Die Geliebte des französischen Leutnants - West German title
Kochanica Francuza - Polish title
La maîtresse du lieutenant français - French title
La mujer del teniente francés - Spanish title
Ranskalaisen luutnantin nainen - Finnish title

1982
The Executioner's Song (director of photography) *
La ballata della sedia elettrica - Italian title
La canción del verdugo - Spanish title
Le chant du bourreau - French Canadian title
Piesn skazanca - Polish title
Pyövelin laulu - Finnish title

1983
The Jigsaw Man (director of photography)
Agenten sterben zweimal - West German title
Czlowiek zagadka - Polish title
El hombre rompecabezas - Spanish title
Kaksoisagentti - Finnish title
Das Spiel des Überläufers - West German title
La taupe - French title

1984
Memed My Hawk (director of photography)
Haukkani Memed - Finnish title
The Lion and the Hawk

1985
Code Name: Emerald (director of photography)
Codename: Emerald - West German title
Deep Cover - US television title
Emerald
Nom de code, émeraude - French title
Nome in codice: Smeraldo - Italian title

1988
Clara's Heart (director of photography)
Claran sydän - Finnish title
Claras Geheimnis - West German title
El corazón de Clara - Spanish title
Il grande cuore di Clara - Italian title
Ha-Lev shel Clara - Hebrew Israeli title
Le secret de Clara - French title
Serce Klary - Polish title

1989
Her Alibi (director of photography)
Adorável Sedutora - Brazilian title
Alibi seducente - Italian title
Alibi Sheli - Hebrew Israeli title
Hennes alibi - Swedish title
Jej alibi - Polish title
Ninan alibi - Finnish title
Ninas Alibi - West German title
O Seu Perfeito Álibi - Portugese title
Son alibi - French title
Su coartada - Spanish title

Glory (director of photography)
Ærens mark - Danish title
Ärans män - Swedish title
Bitka za slavo - Slovenian title
Glory - uomini di gloria - Italian title
Tempo de Glória - Portugese title
Tiempos de gloria - Spanish title

1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler (director of photography) *
Il complotto per uccidere Hitler - Italian title
Stauffenberg - Verschwörung gegen Hitler – German title

1991
The Man in the Moon (director of photography)
Gubben i månen - Swedish title
Ha-Ish Al Ha-Yareah - Hebrew Israeli title
Der Mann im Mond - German title
Un été en Louisiane - French title
L'uomo della luna - Italian title
Vain kuu kuulee - Finnish title
Verano en Louisiana - Spanish title

1992
School Ties (director of photography)
Außenseiter - German title
Código de honor - Argentinian title
La difference - French title
School Ties - Spanish cable television title
Scuola d'onore - Italian title

1993
A Life in the Theater (director of photography) *
Bastidores da Vida - Brazilian title
Elämää teatterissa - Finnish title

1994
Calliope (supervising cinematographer)

Princess Caraboo (director of photography)
La princesa Caraboo - Spanish title
La principessa degli intrighi - Italian title
Prinsessa Caraboo - Finnish title
Prinzessin Caraboo - German title

1999
The Straight Story (director of photography)
Une histoire vraie - French title
Una historia sencilla - Argentinian title
Una historia verdadera - Spanish title
Sippur Pashoot - Hebrew Israeli title
Una storia vera - Italian title
The Straight Story - Eine wahre Geschichte - German title
Uma História Real - Brazilian title
Uma História Simples - Portugese title
Uma História Verdadeira - Brazilian title

SEE ALSO
Kevin Francis

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009