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Director, Producer, Co-producer, Screenwriter, Actor Born: July 15, 1948 in Melbourne, Australia Death: July 11, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia Biography:After contributing a handful of seminal motion pictures to the Australian film renaissance, Aussie helmer Richard Franklin migrated to Hollywood and crafted a series of memorable, finely wrought suspensers. All demonstrated not merely supreme influence by "The Master" -- Alfred Hitchcock -- but a sharp, witty, and subversive sense of humor and a contemporary feel, proving that Franklin could incorporate Hitchcockian elements into his own signature style with seamless fluidity. He thus qualified as a true protégé and not merely an imitator.
Born in Melbourne, Australia, on July 15, 1948, Franklin worshipped movies as an adolescent but reportedly also loved R&B music -- an interest that inspired him to form his own grassroots band, the Pink Finks. When that outfit folded, Franklin turned to cinema, and -- recognizing the Aussie film industry as still nascent -- enrolled in film school at the... Full Biography
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