Franc RoddamAKA:
Francis George Roddam
Nationality:
English Birthdate:
04/29/1946 Birthplace:
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biography
A former advertising copywriter and maker of documentary films for the BBC. Franc Roddam has tended to make films about the morality and integrity of men. He made his feature directorial debut with "Quadrophenia" (1979), a finely observed coming-of-age saga set against a backdrop of teenage gang rivalry in 1950s Britain and based on a song cycle by rock group The Who. His first American film, "The Lords of Discipline" (1982) was a tense drama set in a military school while "The Bride" (1985) was a critically-panned but atmospheric reworking of 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein". After helming
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milestones
Year
Milestone
Worked as advertising copywriter/producer with Ogilvy, Benson, Mather for two years
Joined BBC as documentary filmmaker
1979
Feature directing and screenwriting debut, "Quadrophenia"
1983
Made first American feature "The Lords of Discipline"
1985
Helmed the pallid remake "The Bride", co-starring Sting and Jennifer Beals
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