Directing
Carl Franklin
Born 1949-04-11
Richmond, California, USA
Department: Directing
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
Prominent works featuring Carl Franklin
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13 Reasons Why
2017
TMDB3.8
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House of Cards
2013
TMDB4.0
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Homeland
2011
TMDB3.8
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MINDHUNTER
2017
TMDB4.0
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DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
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The Pacific
2010
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Rome
2005
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Falling Skies
2011
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The A-Team
1983
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The Leftovers
2014
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (83 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Monster: The Ed Gein Story | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Director | TV Series | 2024 |
| Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
| American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez | Director | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Manhunt | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
| Manhunt | Director | TV Series | 2024 |
 | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Director | TV Series | 2022 |
| DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
| Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress' | Self | Movie | 2020 | |
 | I Am the Night | Director | TV Series | 2019 |
 | MINDHUNTER | Director | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Ten Days in the Valley | Director | TV Series | 2017 |
 | 13 Reasons Why | Director | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Good Behavior | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
| Good Behavior | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Vinyl | Director | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Bloodline | Director | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Affair | Director | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Leftovers | Director | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Ray Donovan | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Bless Me, Ultima | Director | Movie | 2013 |
| Bless Me, Ultima | Screenplay | Movie | 2013 |
 | House of Cards | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Newsroom | Director | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Magic City | Director | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Homeland | Director | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Falling Skies | Director | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Pacific | Director | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Riches | Director | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Hitchcocked! | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Shooting the Police: Cops on Film | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Rome | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Out of Time | Director | Movie | 2003 |
 | High Crimes | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | One True Thing | Director | Movie | 1998 |
 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Director | Movie | 1995 |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Screenplay | Movie | 1995 |
 | Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir | Self | Movie | 1995 |
 | Laurel Avenue | Director | TV Series | 1993 |
| Laurel Avenue | Creator | TV Series | 1993 |
 | One False Move | Director | Movie | 1992 |
 | In the Heat of Passion | Police Det. Rooker | Movie | 1992 |
 | Full Fathom Five | Fletcher | Movie | 1990 |
| Full Fathom Five | Director | Movie | 1990 |
 | Capital News | Cop | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Last Stand at Lang Mei | Sergeant T. Deveraux | Movie | 1989 |
| Last Stand at Lang Mei | Writer | Movie | 1989 |
 | Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy | Col. Rawlins | Movie | 1989 |
| Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy | Director | Movie | 1989 |
| Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy | Writer | Movie | 1989 |
 | Nowhere to Run | Director | Movie | 1989 |
 | Too Good to Be True | Dr. Boyd | Movie | 1988 |
 | Roseanne | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1988 |
 | A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Lt. Danvers | Movie | 1986 |
 | ALF | Dr. Willoughby | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Punk | Director | Movie | 1986 |
| Punk | Writer | Movie | 1986 |
 | MacGyver | Andrew T. Wiley | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Cover Up | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1984 |
 | One Cooks, the Other Doesn't | Officer Lloyd Green | Movie | 1983 |
 | The A-Team | Captain Crane | TV Series | 1983 |
 | McClain's Law | Det. Jerry Cross | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Hill Street Blues | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
| Joshua's World | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 | |
 | Trapper John, M.D. | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Legend of the Golden Gun | Joshua Brown | Movie | 1979 |
 | Loose Change | Ed Thomas | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Incredible Hulk | Crosby | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Lou Grant | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Fantastic Journey | Dr. Fred Walters | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Fantastic Journey | Dr. Fred Walters | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Battle of the Network Stars | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Quincy, M.E. | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1976 |
| Caribe | Sgt. Mark Walters | TV Series | 1975 | |
 | It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy | Hovey | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Rockford Files | Roger Orloff | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Good Times | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Laughing Policeman | Man on Bus | Movie | 1973 |
 | Five on the Black Hand Side | Marvin | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Streets of San Francisco | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Cannon | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |