Karl Francis

Karl Francis

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.

  • Title: Karl Francis
  • Popularity: 0.61
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1942-04-01
  • Place of Birth: Bedwas, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
  • Homepage: https://www.karlfrancis.com/
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Karl Francis Movies

  • 1993
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    The Cormorant

    The Cormorant

    4.8 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 2015
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    The Miners' Strike

    The Miners' Strike

    1 2015 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    The Happy Alcoholic

    The Happy Alcoholic

    1 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    The Happy Alcoholic

    The Happy Alcoholic

    1 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    One of the Hollywood Ten

    One of the Hollywood Ten

    5.75 2002 HD

    Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.

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  • 2002
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    One of the Hollywood Ten

    One of the Hollywood Ten

    5.75 2002 HD

    Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.

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  • 1989
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    The Angry Earth

    The Angry Earth

    2 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1989
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    The Angry Earth

    The Angry Earth

    2 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1977
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    Above Us the Earth

    Above Us the Earth

    1 1977 HD

    Independent Welsh filmmaker Karl Francis uses amateur and professional actors to explore the community impact of the 1975 closure of the Ogilvie...

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  • 1992
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    Rebecca's Daughters

    Rebecca's Daughters

    6 1992 HD

    Young aristocrat Anthony Raine returns home from India to find the farmers of Pembrokeshire protesting about the rates of a tollgate run by The...

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  • 1988
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    Merthyr and the Girl

    Merthyr and the Girl

    1 1988 HD

    The story of two young women, Donna Edwards and Mary Katherine Jones, who aspire for careers in the theatre business.

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  • 1996
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    From Bridgend to Basilica

    From Bridgend to Basilica

    1 1996 HD

    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.

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  • 2007
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    Nutters

    Nutters

    1 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2008
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    Hope Eternal

    Hope Eternal

    7.5 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 1977
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    Above Us the Earth

    Above Us the Earth

    1 1977 HD

    Independent Welsh filmmaker Karl Francis uses amateur and professional actors to explore the community impact of the 1975 closure of the Ogilvie...

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  • 1971
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    A Breed of Men

    A Breed of Men

    1 1971 HD

    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,...

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  • 1980
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    Afternoon of War

    Afternoon of War

    1 1980 HD

    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....

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  • 1982
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    Giro City

    Giro City

    5 1982 HD

    Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.

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  • 2008
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    Hope Eternal

    Hope Eternal

    7.5 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 1987
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    Boy Soldier

    Boy Soldier

    1 1987 HD

    A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with...

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  • 1987
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    Boy Soldier

    Boy Soldier

    1 1987 HD

    A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with...

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  • 1991
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    Murder in Oakland

    Murder in Oakland

    1 1991 HD

    Oakland, California is the murder capital of the USA - there were 161 homicides in 1990 in a city the size of Cardiff. Blue and Eric are new...

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  • 1991
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    Murder in Oakland

    Murder in Oakland

    1 1991 HD

    Oakland, California is the murder capital of the USA - there were 161 homicides in 1990 in a city the size of Cardiff. Blue and Eric are new...

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  • 1995
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    Streetlife

    Streetlife

    1 1995 HD

    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.

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  • 1995
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    Streetlife

    Streetlife

    1 1995 HD

    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.

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  • 1982
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    Giro City

    Giro City

    5 1982 HD

    Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.

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  • 1991
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    Morphine and Dolly Mixtures

    Morphine and Dolly Mixtures

    1 1991 HD

    A girl's childhood in the 1950s with her brutal alcoholic father. This unrelieved melodrama examines the nature of a child's experience of a...

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  • 1991
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    Morphine and Dolly Mixtures

    Morphine and Dolly Mixtures

    1 1991 HD

    A girl's childhood in the 1950s with her brutal alcoholic father. This unrelieved melodrama examines the nature of a child's experience of a...

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  • 1985
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    Ms Rhymney Valley

    Ms Rhymney Valley

    1 1985 HD

    Portrait of a community in the heart of South Wales almost one year into the miners' strike of the 1980s.

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  • 1989
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    Nineteen96

    Nineteen96

    1 1989 HD

    Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander...

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