Person
Carl Franklin
Directing · Born 1949-04-11 · Richmond, California, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Franklin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Homeland
Director
MacGyver
Andrew T. Wiley
13 Reasons Why
Director
The A-Team
Captain Crane
MINDHUNTER
Director
House of Cards
Director
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Rockford Files
Roger Orloff
Falling Skies
Director
Hill Street Blues
1981
Filmography
- 2025Monster: The Ed Gein StoryExecutive Producer
- 2024Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryDirector
- 2024American Sports Story: Aaron HernandezExecutive Producer
- 2024ManhuntExecutive Producer
- 2022DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryDirector
- 2020Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'Self
- 2019I Am the NightDirector
- 2017MINDHUNTERDirector
- 2017Ten Days in the ValleyDirector
- 201713 Reasons WhyDirector
- 2016Good BehaviorDirector
- 2016VinylDirector
- 2015BloodlineDirector
- 2014The AffairDirector
- 2014The LeftoversDirector
- 2013Ray DonovanDirector
- 2013Bless Me, UltimaDirector
- 2013House of CardsDirector
- 2012The NewsroomDirector
- 2012Magic CityDirector
- 2011HomelandDirector
- 2011Falling SkiesDirector
- 2010The PacificDirector
- 2007The RichesDirector
- 2006Hitchcocked!Self
- 2006Shooting the Police: Cops on FilmSelf
- 2005RomeDirector
- 2003Out of TimeDirector
- 2002High CrimesDirector
- 1998One True ThingDirector
- 1995Devil in a Blue DressDirector
- 1995Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film NoirSelf
- 1993Laurel AvenueDirector
- 1992One False MoveDirector
- 1992In the Heat of PassionPolice Det. Rooker
- 1990Full Fathom FiveFletcher
- 1990Capital NewsCop
- 1989Last Stand at Lang MeiSergeant T. Deveraux
- 1989Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the EnemyCol. Rawlins
- 1989Nowhere to RunDirector
- 1988Too Good to Be TrueDr. Boyd
- 1988Roseanne
- 1986A Smoky Mountain ChristmasLt. Danvers
- 1986ALFDr. Willoughby
- 1986PunkWriter
- 1985MacGyverAndrew T. Wiley
- 1984Cover Up
- 1983One Cooks, the Other Doesn'tOfficer Lloyd Green
- 1983The A-TeamCaptain Crane
- 1981McClain's LawDet. Jerry Cross
- 1981Hill Street Blues
- 1980Joshua's World
- 1979Trapper John, M.D.
- 1979The Legend of the Golden GunJoshua Brown
- 1978Loose ChangeEd Thomas
- 1977The Incredible HulkCrosby
- 1977Lou Grant
- 1977The Fantastic JourneyDr. Fred Walters
- 1977The Fantastic JourneyDr. Fred Walters
- 1976Battle of the Network Stars
- 1976Quincy, M.E.
- 1975CaribeSgt. Mark Walters
- 1974It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyHovey
- 1974The Rockford FilesRoger Orloff
- 1974Good Times
- 1973Five on the Black Hand SideMarvin
- 1972The Streets of San Francisco
- 1971Cannon
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