Director

Carl Franklin

April 11, 1949 · Richmond, California, USA

Carl Franklin (born April 11, 1949) is an American actor, screenwriter and film and television director. Franklin is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and continued his education at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree in directing in 1986. Franklin is most noted for Devil in a Blue Dress, which was based on the book by Walter Mosley and starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.

Notable work

7.5
13 Reasons Why (2017)
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8
House of Cards (2013)
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8.1
MINDHUNTER (2017)
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8
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
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7.6
Homeland (2011)
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7.8
The Pacific (2010)
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8.2
Rome (2005)
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7.1
Falling Skies (2011)
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6.4
Out of Time (2003)
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7.7
The Leftovers (2014)
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7.7
ALF (1986)
as Dr. Willoughby
7.5
The A-Team (1983)
as Captain Crane

Often works with

Kerry Condon
2 titles together
Rome, Ray Donovan
Denzel Washington
2 titles together
Out of Time, Devil in a Blue Dress
Sanaa Lathan
2 titles together
Out of Time, The Affair
John Billingsley
2 titles together
Out of Time, High Crimes
Michael Gaston
2 titles together
The Leftovers, High Crimes

Full filmography · 64

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
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20247.6
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
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2024
Manhunt
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20246.9
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
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20228
I Am the Night
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20196.6
MINDHUNTER
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20178.1
Ten Days in the Valley
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20175.6
13 Reasons Why
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20177.5
Good Behavior
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20167
Vinyl
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20167
Bloodline
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20157.1
The Affair
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20146.7