Carl Franklin
Known for: Directing
Born: April 11, 1949
Place of birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Franklin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
25 movies · 44 TV shows, newest first
7.2
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
2025
7.6
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
2024
7.1
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
2024
6.9
Manhunt
2024
8.0
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022NR
Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
2020
6.6
I Am the Night
2019
8.1
MINDHUNTER
2017
5.6
Ten Days in the Valley
2017
7.5
13 Reasons Why
2017
7.0
Good Behavior
2016
7.0
Vinyl
2016
7.1
Bloodline
2015
6.7
The Affair
2014
7.7
The Leftovers
2014
7.5
Ray Donovan
2013
6.3
Bless Me, Ultima
2013
8.0
House of Cards
2013
8.1
The Newsroom
2012
6.8
Magic City
2012
7.6
Homeland
2011
7.1
Falling Skies
2011
7.8
The Pacific
2010
6.9
The Riches
2007
6.0
Hitchcocked!
2006
NR
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
2006
8.2
Rome
2005
6.4
Out of Time
2003
6.3
High Crimes
2002
6.5
One True Thing
1998
6.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
NR
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995
6.8
Laurel Avenue
1993
6.7
One False Move
1992
3.9
In the Heat of Passion
1992
4.0
Full Fathom Five
1990
6.5
Capital News
1990
10.0
Last Stand at Lang Mei
1989
7.0
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
1989
4.2
Nowhere to Run
1989
5.0
Too Good to Be True
1988
6.8
Roseanne
1988
5.9
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
7.7
ALF
1986
4.5
Punk
1986
7.7
MacGyver
1985
6.9
Cover Up
1984
7.0
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
1983
7.5
The A-Team
1983
7.7
McClain's Law
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
19818.0
Joshua's World
1980
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
7.0
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
10.0
Loose Change
1978
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
7.4
Lou Grant
1977
6.0
The Fantastic Journey
1977
6.2
The Fantastic Journey
1977
6.4
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
19766.0
Caribe
1975
4.0
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
8.0
Good Times
1974
6.2
The Laughing Policeman
1973
7.2
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.7
Cannon
1971