Francis Lee

Originally from Yorkshire, UK, he has worked extensively as an actor for theater, film and television productions. He wrote his first short film in 2010, Bantam, and his directorial debut came with The Farmer's Wife in 2012, which premiered at the Palm Springs Film Festival. This is followed by the short film Bradford-Halifax-London (2013) and the documentary The Last Smallholder (2014), about the last farmers in Yorkshire (including his father), which had a great festival impact. Tierra de Dios, his first feature film, won the World Cinema Special Jury Award at Sundance, the Teddy Award at the Berlinale and the CICAE Award in Seville. Ammonite, his another film, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla