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Francis Lee (born 1969 [1]) is an English filmmaker who has written and directed the films God's Own Country (2017) and Ammonite (2020). Life and career. Francis Lee grew up on his family's farm in Soyland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire. After finishing school, he studied acting at the Rose Bruford College and worked in the theatre afterwards. [2] .
There’s a hearty smile buried in the big bushy beard of English filmmaker Francis Lee, the writer and director of God’s Own Country, a soaring queer love story.
Nov 10, 2020 · Why ‘Ammonite’ Director Francis Lee Says the Story of a 19th Century Paleontologist Is So Personal. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in a quiet, restrained, unromantic story of a woman who...
Nov 9, 2017 · Francis Lee had personal issues to work out. So he made God's Own Country and brought gay romance to a whole new level.
Mar 24, 2021 · The film-maker Francis Lee lives alone in a wooden hut on the side of a steep hill, in the windswept Yorkshire countryside. From the table he works at he can look out of a window onto a valley,...
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Francis Lee. Director: God's Own Country. Francis Lee is a writer and director. Born on his family's farm in Soyland, West Yorkshire. After secondary education at Ryburn Valley High School in Sowerby Bridge and Wakefield District College he studied at Rose Bruford College of Speach and Drama.
Sep 12, 2020 · Written and directed by Francis Lee, the film is set in 1840s Dorset, England. There the paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) spends her time mostly alone by the seaside looking for...
