Carl Franklin

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Carl Franklin (born April 11, 1949 in Richmond , California ) is an American actor , director and screenwriter .

After graduating from Berkeley, Carl Franklin worked as a television actor. He appeared in television films, mini-series and regularly in unsuccessful series. He realized that this was not the way to go and went to the American Film Institute . He graduated in staging. The production company Concorde Films of Roger Corman was impressed by his thesis so that they took Franklin under contract.

After some work, Franklin's breakthrough as a director came in 1992 with the film One False Move , based on a script by Billy Bob Thornton . The Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded him the New Generation Award , the MTV Movie Award for the best newcomer and the IFP Spirit Award for the best directorial work.

1995 Franklin directed the film Devil in a Blue , (Devil in a Blue Dress) with Denzel Washington . Despite good reviews, the film was a flop. The 1998 film Familiensache , (One True Thing) with Meryl Streep , Renée Zellweger and William Hurt received a lot of praise and nominations for Oscar and Golden Globe , but this film also flopped.

Franklin returned to television for a few years. He only started working for the cinema again in 2002.

Franklin is married for the third time. There are two children from his second marriage.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1988 Too Good to be True - cameo
  • 1989: Betrayed in Vietnam ( Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy ) - Director, screenplay, supporting role
  • 1989: Bloody Lang Mei ( Last Stand at Lang Mei ) - screenplay, supporting role
  • 1992: In the Heat of Passion - crime of passion ( In the Heat of Passion ) - Supporting Role
  • 1992: One False Move ( One False Move ) - director
  • 1995: Devil in a Blue (Devil in a Blue Dress) - Director, Screenplay
  • 1998: One True Thing ( One True Thing) - Director
  • 2002: High Crimes - Directed by the Net of Lies ( High Crimes )
  • 2003: Out of Time - His opponent is the time ( Out of Time ) - Director
  • 2013: The Newsroom (TV series, 1 episode) - Director
  • 2013–2014: House of Cards (TV series, 4 episodes) - director
  • 2014: The Affair (TV series, 2 episodes) - director
  • 2014–2017: The Leftovers (TV series, 3 episodes) - director
  • 2019: Mindhunter (TV series, 4 episodes) - director

Television roles

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personal data
SURNAME Franklin, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, screenwriter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , California , USA