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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...
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.
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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.
Tricia Tuttle, director of the 2020 BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express, talks to Francis Lee, director of Ammonite. With Ammonite,...
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Nov 13, 2020 · Ammonite: Directed by Francis Lee. With Sarah White, Liam Thomas, Sam Parks, Kate Winslet. 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
