1. Carl Franklin was born on April 11,1949 and is an American filmmaker and former actor.
34 Facts About Carl Franklin
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Carl Franklin never had the opportunity to know his biological father, who had died before Carl was born.
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Carl Franklin was awarded a scholarship to University of California, Berkeley.
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However, after two years, Carl Franklin changed his major to theater arts.
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Carl Franklin did not actively participate in the many demonstrations at Berkeley in the period.
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Carl Franklin would go on to act in Mark Taper Forum's production of In the Belly of the Beast.
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Carl Franklin began his on-screen career in the film Five on the Black Hand Side in 1973.
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Between 1975 and 1985 Carl Franklin was a regular cast member in four TV series.
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Straight out of his Master's program, Carl Franklin landed a job with movie producer-director Roger Corman in 1989.
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From 1989 to 1990, Carl Franklin worked on Nowhere to Run, Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy, and Full Fathom Five, respectively, under Concord Films.
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Carl Franklin collaborated with producers Jonathan Demme and Jesse Beaton on adapting Walter Mosley's novel Devil in a Blue Dress after Demme acquired its film rights.
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Carl Franklin directed and wrote the screenplay for the film on a budget.
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Carl Franklin went on to direct High Crimes, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, and Out of Time, which reunited him with Devil in a Blue Dress star Denzel Washington.
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Since then, Carl Franklin has largely transitioned to high-profile television work.
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Carl Franklin has worked on two series produced by Steven Spielberg, directing the pilot of science fiction drama Falling Skies and an episode of the World War II drama The Pacific.
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Carl Franklin has collaborated on two series with David Fincher, directing four episodes each of House of Cards and Mindhunter.
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Carl Franklin directed multiple critically acclaimed episodes of the HBO series The Leftovers, across all three of its seasons.
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In January 1997, Variety indicated that Carl Franklin was set to direct a thriller for Fox 2000 about ex-spy Aldrich Ames.
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In June 1997, it was reported that Carl Franklin had dropped out of directing Brokedown Palace, citing "creative differences" over the casting of the film.
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In 1999, Carl Franklin was attached as the director of the sci-fi film The Mothman Prophecies, with Richard Gere starring, before Mark Pellington was chosen.
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Carl Franklin was attached to direct Will Smith in the fourth remake of the musical A Star Is Born for Warner Bros.
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In 2000, Carl Franklin was expected to begin filming The Shooter, an adaptation of Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter.
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In 2001, Carl Franklin was announced to direct and produce a film adaptation of the novel Rescue Me, by Gigi Levangie, who sold the rights to Fox Searchlight.
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In 2002, it was reported that writer Sid Quashie was tapped by Paramount Pictures to adapt Susan Kelly's 1995 book The Boston Stranglers, with Carl Franklin attached to direct.
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In 2003, Carl Franklin was set to direct the legal thriller The Emperor of Ocean Park for Warner Bros.
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In early 2007, Carl Franklin had been attached to direct the legal drama Tulia for Lionsgate Films, starring Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton.
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Justin Haythe, who wrote the screenplay, was to executive produce the film along with Carl Franklin's producing partner Jesse Beaton.
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On May 29,2012, Meyers Media Group and McDonald Entertainment announced that they would co-finance the thriller City of Night, to be directed by Carl Franklin, written by David Chisholm and produced by Brendan McDonald.
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In May 2016, Carl Franklin was announced to be directing a film adaptation of William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust.
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In July 2016, John Malkovich signed on to star in and executive produce Humboldt, a TV drama series to be directed by Carl Franklin, inspired by Emily Brady's best-selling book Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier.
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In 2018, it was reported that Carl Franklin was prepping to direct Excessive Force, a thriller about racism and corruption in the Cleveland police department written by Jeff Kwatinetz and Ice Cube and set to star Cube in the main role.
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In 2022, Carl Franklin was attached to the series Black Harvest, set in Paris in 1952, as executive producer.
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In 2023, Carl Franklin expressed interest in someday directing a feature length film of his AFI short Punk.
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Carl Franklin married film producer Jesse Beaton, who produced One False Move.