Christopher Frayling
Date of birth: 1946-12-25
Place of birth: Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sir Christopher John Frayling
Biography
Movie Credits
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000-01-01
A short documentary based on Sergio Leone's life and career, and the making of the film "Once Upon a
Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century
1994-01-01
Bauhaus - The Face of the 20th Century, written and narrated by Frank Whitford, is an art documentar
Attenborough the Controller
2002-01-01
A completely fantastic programme, charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the the
An Opera of Violence
2003-11-18
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025-04-06
Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.
The Myth of Revolution
2007-06-05
Christopher Frayling's in-depth analysis, a behind-the-scenes study of Leone's deepening artistic ma
Hideous Progeny: The Curse of Frankenstein and the English Gothic Tradition
How the gothic film by british production company Hammer Films helped in shaping the horror genre fo
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006-09-26
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela L
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008-07-09
Tribute to Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce who created some of the studio's most famous works i
Sir Christopher Frayling On 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006-01-10
Christopher Frayling analyzes the importance of the film's influence on the making of later films an
Railroad: Revolutionising the West
2003-10-01
A documentary about the railroads and the Robber Barons that got rich as the exploited the people wh
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022-10-18
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, fr
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022-10-20
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay t
David Bowie Is Happening Now
2013-08-13
Directed by BAFTA Award winner Hamish Hamilton, the movie was filmed during the closing night of the
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011-09-29
Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018-02-13
The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British co
Turning Like Clockwork
2011-06-07
A look back on A Clockwork Orange
Clint Eastwood's West
2011-07-06
An entertaining look at Clint Eastwood's storied career as a Western icon and filmmaker, featuring i
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018-10-19
Province of Burgos, northern Spain, October 2015. A group of fans undertake the titanic task of rest
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
2018-10-22
In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness nov
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006-03-08
Documentary about Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001-09-22
The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
2008-11-11
The making of Quo Vadis (1951).
Shadow of the Ripper
1988-09-07
Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman... A host of more and more bizarre theorie
The Spaghetti West
2005-09-01
A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s.
In Search of Dracula
2020-01-03
Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep com
Christopher Frayling on Budd Boetticher
2018-05-29
The writer and cultural historian discusses the work of the great director.
The Wages of Sin
2003-11-18
Second part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italia
Ennio Morricone
1995-01-01
From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contr
Granada: From the North
1992-12-28
The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Stre
Something to Do with Death
2003-11-18
Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006-04-30
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris
Christopher Frayling on Things to Come
2013-06-18
In this interview, conducted in 2013, writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling discusses t
Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy
2008-07-08
Documentary on the Mummy film(s) by Universal Studios.
Elementary My Dear Viewer
2007-11-17
Richard E. Grant looks at the history of Sherlock Holmes, including the many movie and TV adaptation