Biographie

15 juillet 1948 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

11 juillet 2007 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (cancer de la prostate)

After arranging for a screening of La corde (1948) at USC as well as an appearance by Hitchcock himself, the director invited the aspiring young filmmaker to come and follow him about on the L'étau (1969) set. Years later he visited mentor Hitchcock for the last time on the set of Complot de famille (1976), the Master's last film.

He was working on his autobiography and a PhD at the time of his death.

Franklin had wanted to do a thriller for children and started to do a remake of the Bobby Driscoll starring vehicle Une incroyable histoire (1949) which Universal held the rights to. Ultimately the writers abandoned that and ended up writing Jouer c'est tuer (1984).

He acquired the movie rights to Henry De Vere Stacpoole's "The Blue Lagoon" from David Begelman once Begelman was sacked from the presidency of Columbia Pictures.

Received a degree in English from Monash University, leaving his native Australia to attend USC Film School in the mid-60s.

We're already a cross-culturalized society. I'm always concerned whether my friends in America will be able to understand what we're saying on screen. I'm trying to be true for Australians and true to the international audience. I'm all for personal film, but if I can make a statement that's universal, is it any less personal?

I like to work fast. I think if you're adequately prepared, there's no reason to stand around waiting for the muse to strike. It's much better to have all the plans in place. I see no advantage on trying something twenty different ways to come back to the way you should have done it in the first place.