This Day in Halloween: Award-winning British cinematographer and director Freddie Francis is born in London in 1917. / Illustration by Noah Ayub
Freddie Francis is born in London in 1917. The award-winning British cinematographer and director made mostly horror films as a director, including five for Hammer Films, including Paranoic, The Evil of Frankenstein, and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. He died in 2007.
