Karl Francis is a Welsh film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He studied at Manchester University and then attended Hornsey College of Art in London to study for a post-graduate diploma on Film in Education.
He was appointed the Head of Drama at BBC Wales in 1995.
Karl Francis Biography / Wiki
Name
Karl Francis
Also Know
Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Bedwas, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Date of Birth
1942-04-01
Age(as in 2022)
80
Deathday
Karl Francis Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
The Cormorant
Uncle Ian
1993-02-21
For a young couple, the small cottage tucked away in a quiet village in the mountains of north Wales, a legacy from a distant, estranged uncle, is a d…
Karl Francis Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
One of the Hollywood Ten
Director
2002-06-07
Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s….
Rebecca’s Daughters
Director
1992-03-05
Young aristocrat Anthony Raine returns home from India to find the farmers of Pembrokeshire protesting about the rates of a tollgate run by The Whitma…
Hope Eternal
Director
2008-09-15
After the violent death of her Welsh rugby-loving doctor boyfriend in the country’s civil war, a Malagasy nurse working at a child hospice in Congo ma…
Above Us the Earth
Director
1977-06-11
Independent Welsh filmmaker Karl Francis uses amateur and professional actors to explore the community impact of the 1975 closure of the Ogilvie Colli…
Afternoon of War
Director
1980-03-19
Adapted from the short story “The Mouse and the Woman” by Dylan Thomas, it is a story set in the secluded valleys of Wales during the 1914-18 war. Th…
Giro City
Director
1982-11-01
Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home….
Boy Soldier
Director
1987-01-29
Wil Thomas, a young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland shoots a terrorist in self-defence and is used as scapegoat by the political system….
Streetlife
Director
1995-11-25
The rough urban life in a Welsh valley that focuses on Jo, a single mother who has just become pregnant by her married boyfriend Kevin….
Morphine and Dolly Mixtures
Director
1991-03-10
A girl’s childhood in the 1950s with her brutal alcoholic father….
Ms. Rhymney Valley
Director
1985-07-10
Portrait of a community in the heart of South Wales almost one year into the miners’ strike of the 1980s….
Nineteen96
Director
1989-09-17
Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Ja…
The Happy Alcoholic
Director
1984-11-19
A stark drama about one man’s struggle with alcoholism and the impact this has on his family, friends, and work. His gradual disintegration is a refle…
The Miners’ Strike
Director
Teaming up with director Karl Francis, Dafydd Hywel speaks to some of the coal miners and their wives who played a huge part in the Miners’ Strike of …
The Angry Earth
Director
1989-01-01
About the oppression of the Welsh coal miners during the 19th century and early 20th century as seen through the the eyes of Gwen, a 110 year old woma…
A Breed of Men
Director
1971-06-08
The story was inspired by the stay-down strikers in the 1930s who refused to leave the mines for three weeks. Ernie Bailey, one of the miners, relayed…
From Bridgend to Basilica
Director
1996-01-01
A documentary film which tells the story of a Bridgend-born Roman Catholic priest, who rose to the high role of Monsignor at the Basilica in Rome….
Merthyr and the Girl
Director
1988-01-01
The story of two young women, Donna Edwards and Mary Katherine Jones, who aspire for careers in the theatre business….
Nutters
Director
2007-01-01
A film about teenagers struggling to rebuild their damaged lives at a “reform” academy on the South Wales coast near Cardiff. All the students have be…
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
One of the Hollywood Ten
Writer
2002-06-07
Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s….
Boy Soldier
Writer
1987-01-29
Wil Thomas, a young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland shoots a terrorist in self-defence and is used as scapegoat by the political system….
Streetlife
Writer
1995-11-25
The rough urban life in a Welsh valley that focuses on Jo, a single mother who has just become pregnant by her married boyfriend Kevin….
Giro City
Writer
1982-11-01
Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home….
Morphine and Dolly Mixtures
Writer
1991-03-10
A girl’s childhood in the 1950s with her brutal alcoholic father….
The Happy Alcoholic
Writer
1984-11-19
A stark drama about one man’s struggle with alcoholism and the impact this has on his family, friends, and work. His gradual disintegration is a refle…
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
The Angry Earth
Script
1989-01-01
About the oppression of the Welsh coal miners during the 19th century and early 20th century as seen through the the eyes of Gwen, a 110 year old woma…
