Biography
Freddie Francis (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He began his career as an apprentice stills photographer before working as a clapper loader and camera operator at British studios. After serving in the Royal Army Kinematographic Unit during the Second World War, he became a director of photography on feature films from the mid-1950s.
Francis won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for Sons and Lovers (1960) and Glory (1989). He shot several films for David Lynch, including The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984) and The Straight Story (1999). As a director he worked extensively in the horror genre for Hammer and Amicus in the 1960s and 1970s, and occasionally used the pseudonym Ken Barnett.
