Franc Roddam

Franc Roddam
Born	Francis George Roddam 29 April 1946 (1946-04-29) Norton, County Durham, England
Residence	London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	White British
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director, businessman, publisher, television producer
Years active	1969–present
Television	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–86, 2002–04) MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present)
Spouse	Ex-wives (divorced) Leila Ansari (?–present)
Children	6
Website
www.zijipublishing.com

Francis George "Franc" Roddam (born 29 April 1946) is an English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher. He is married to photographer Leila Ansari and has six children from previous marriages. He currently lives in London.

Career

Roddam's films include "Quadrophenia", "K2", "Aria", "Lords of Discipline" and "War Party". He created the worldwide TV phenomenon, "Masterchef", which is shown in 150 countries worldwide, and there are 20 locally-produced versions. He also produced formats for "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet", "Making Out", and "Harry", all of which were highly successful TV dramas. He directed the award-winning TV drama "Dummy", which won the prestigious Prix Italia Drama Prize. He directed the Grammy-nominated/Golden Globe nominated US mini-series Moby Dick and Cleopatra. He won awards for his BBC documentaries, "Mini" and "The Family". He is the founder and Chairman of Ziji Publishing, whose many titles include The Last Templar which sold over 5 million copies worldwide. He is a sponsor and former Governor of the London Film School and is an active member of the Greenworld Campaign.

Films

• Quadrophenia (film) — Director/Co-Writer
• Lords of Discipline — Director
• The Bride (film) — Director
• Aria (film) — Director (multiple directors)
• War Party (film) — Director
• K2 (film) — Director

Television

• MasterChef — Format Creator, Executive Producer
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet — Format Creator, Executive Producer
• Canterbury Tales — Format Creator, Executive Producer
• Cleopatra — Director (2 x 90mins)
• Moby Dick — Director (2 x 90mins)
• Crow Road — Executive Producer
• An Ungentlemanly Act — Executive Producer
• Harry — Format Creator, Executive Producer
• Making Out — Format Creator
• Dummy — Director/Producer
• The Family — Co-Director
• Mini — Director
• The Fight — Director

Commercials

Director on numerous accounts, including:

• Shell
• The Observer
• Campbell Soups
• BP
• COI – Aids Campaign

In development

• Waltzing Matilda — Producer/Director/Co-Writer
• Let’s Face It — Producer/Director/Co-Writer
• IGGY — Format Creator/Co-Writer
• Win-Win — Format Creator/Co-Producer
• 2 in a Million — Format Creator/Producer

External links

• Franc Roddam at the Internet Movie Database
• Ziji Publishing - Official website