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Writer, director and producer Richard Franklin was born on July 15, 1948 in Melbourne, Australia. Infatuated with cinema at an early age, Franklin first began making 8mm films at age 10. Franklin saw Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" two years later and was hooked on movies for life. Richard enrolled at Monash University in Melbourne and worked as an ... See full bio »

Born:

July 15, 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died:

July 11, 2007 (age 58) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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4 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Hotel Sorrento Director

(1995)

Patrick Director

(1978)

Link Director

(1986)

The Blue Lagoon Producer

(1980)

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Director (20 credits)

2003 Visitors

2002 Flatland (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Mists of Time (2002)

- Shadow Warriors (2002)

2000-2001 BeastMaster (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- Veil of Death (2001)

- The Legend Reborn (2001)

- White Tiger (2000)

- Rage (2000)

- Rescue (2000)

1999-2000 The Lost World (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- The Prisoner (2000)

- Tourist Season (2000)

- Blood Lust (1999)

- Salvation (1999)

- Stranded (1999)

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1999 The Lost World (TV Movie)

1997 One Way Ticket (TV Movie)

1996 Brilliant Lies

1995 Hotel Sorrento

1993 Running Delilah (TV Movie)

1991 F/X2

1989 A Fine Romance (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (1989)

1987 Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Once Upon a Time (1987)

1986 Link

1984 Cloak & Dagger

1983 Psycho II

1981 Road Games

1978 Patrick

1976 World of Sexual Fantasy (as Richard Bruce)

1975 Dick Down Under

1970 Homicide (TV Series) (11 episodes)

- Bride Price (1970) ... (film)

- Once a Killer (1970) ... (film)

- Bars (1970) ... (film)

- See No Evil (1970) ... (film)

- Wall of Silence (1970) ... (film)

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Producer (11 credits)

2007 Cut the Crap (Short) (executive producer)

2003 Visitors (producer)

1999 Harry's War (TV Short) (producer)

1996 Brilliant Lies (producer)

1995 Hotel Sorrento (producer)

1986 Link (producer)

1981 Road Games (producer)

1980 The Blue Lagoon (co-producer)

1978 Patrick (producer)

1975 Dick Down Under (producer)

1971 The Jumping Jeweller of Lavender Bay (Short) (producer)

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Writer (5 credits)

1996 Brilliant Lies (written by)

1995 Hotel Sorrento (written by)

1981 Road Games (original story)

1975 Dick Down Under (written by)

1971 The Jumping Jeweller of Lavender Bay (Short)

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Actor (2 credits)

2009 Re-Living Off the Land

1985 Into the Night
Aerospace Engineer

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Thanks (7 credits)

2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Documentary) (dedicatee)

2004 3D: A Brief History (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

2004 Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

2004 Hitchcock and Dial M (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

2004 Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

2003 Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games' (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

1989 Mergers & Acquisitions (Short) (thanks)

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Self (17 credits)

2008 Road Games: 'Not Quite Hollywood' Interviews (Video documentary)
Himself

2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Documentary)
Himself

2004 3D: A Brief History (Video documentary short)
Himself - Director, 'Psycho II'

2004 Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (Video documentary short)
Himself - Director, 'Psycho II'

2004 Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' (Video documentary short)
Himself

2004 Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (Video documentary short)
Himself

2004 Hitchcock and Dial M (Video documentary short)
Himself - Director, 'Psycho II'

2004 Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (Video documentary short)
Himself

2004 Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (Video documentary short)
Himself - Director, 'Psycho II'

2004 'Fantasm' Penetrated (Video documentary short) (as Richard Bruce)

2004 The True Story of... The True Story of Eskimo Nell (Video documentary short)
Himself

2003 Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games' (Video documentary short)
Himself

2001 Audio Interview with Richard Franklin (Video documentary short)
Himself - Producer & Director (voice)

1983 Psycho II: Still Crazy After All These Years (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1981 Interview with Richard Franklin (Video documentary short)
Himself - Producer & Director

1981 Roadgames: A Lecture by Richard Franklin, Barbi Taylor, and Brian May, 20 November (Video documentary)
Himself - Director of 'Road Games'

1980 An Adventure in Filmmaking: The Making of 'The Blue Lagoon' (Short)
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Archive footage (2 credits)

Sympathy for the Devil: Revisiting Psycho II (Documentary)
Himself

2010 The Psycho Legacy (Video documentary)
Himself

Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed a promotional commercial for Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia in 1998 featuring comic actor, Francis Greenslade.

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2 Interviews | 1 Article | See more »

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Alternate Names:

Richard Bruce

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I like to work fast. I think if you're adequately prepared, there's no reason to stand around waiting for the muse to strike. It's much better to have all the plans in place. I see no advantage on trying something twenty different ways to come back to the way you should have done it in the first place. See more »

Trivia:

Franklin had wanted to do a thriller for children and started out to do a remake of the 1949 Bobby Driscoll suspenser "The Window," which Universal held the rights to. Ultimately the writers abandoned that and ended up writing "Cloak and Dagger.". See more »

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