---
name: "Brian E. Frankish"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-e-frankish"
fi1m_id: "brian-e-frankish"
imdb_id: "nm0291313"
tmdb_id: 1077893
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 July 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:04:50.542769+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian E. Frankish

## Identity

Brian E. Frankish

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-e-frankish
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-e-frankish
- **IMDb ID:** nm0291313
- **TMDB ID:** 1077893
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1077893

Producer. Born 28 July 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 July 1943, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1982–1989
- **Also known as:** Brian Frankish
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 producing
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1077893

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Vice Squad*](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian E. Frankish is an American producer, unit production manager and assistant director. Born on 28 July 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, he began working in film production in the early 1970s.

His credits include producer on *Vice Squad* (1982) and associate producer on *Strange Brew* (1983). He served as executive producer on *Field of Dreams* (1989) and *Flight of the Intruder* (1991), and as unit production manager on *King Kong* (1976), *The Net* (1995) and *Life as a House* (2001). He has also worked as first assistant director on *Dead & Buried* (1981) and *The Last Starfighter* (1984), and as line producer or production manager on later films including *Righteous Kill* (2008). Frankish has been married to Tannis Benedict since 1985.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Field of Dreams* (1989), Fi1m 83, as Clean-Shaven Umpire — [page](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Vice Squad* (1982), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Autumn Girl* (2020), Thanks
- *Righteous Kill* (2008), Production Manager, Line Producer
- *Life as a House* (2001), Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
- *Joy Ride* (2001), Second Unit First Assistant Director
- *The Net* (1995), as Shuttle Driver · Unit Production Manager
- *American Me* (1992), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Flight of the Intruder* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Field of Dreams* (1989), as Clean-Shaven Umpire · Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/field-of-dreams.md)
- *Aloha Summer* (1988), Assistant Director
- *The New Kids* (1985), First Assistant Director
- *The Last Starfighter* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Strange Brew* (1983), Associate Producer
- *Vice Squad* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)
- *Elephant Parts* (1981), Associate Producer
- *Dead & Buried* (1981), First Assistant Director
- *The Betsy* (1978), Location Manager
- *King Kong* (1976), Unit Production Manager
- *Haunts* (1976), as Newscaster
- *Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask* (1972), Location Coordinator

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