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Francis Lee (Director) at diff 2021. Francis Lee (born 1969) is an English filmmaker who has written and directed the films God's Own Country (2017) and Ammonite (2020).
Francis Henry Lee CBE (29 April 1944 – 2 October 2023), also known as Franny Lee, was an English professional footballer and businessman. He was also later the chairman and main shareholder of Manchester City, as well as briefly a racehorse trainer and amateur cricket player.
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.
A largely self-taught filmmaker who resisted the ‘rules’ of writing - though found truth in the subtext of Chekov’s plays - he has come to the job of writer/director via a handful of shorts following a modest acting career. Lee found the yearning passion between his leads by holding them apart.
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 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.
Nov 9, 2017 · Francis Carson Lee had some personal issues to work out. So he made a movie called God's Own Country, bringing gay romance to a whole new level.
