Franc Roddam

Franc Roddam
Franc Roddam 2014
Born	Francis George Roddam (1946-04-29) 29 April 1946 Norton, County Durham, England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	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(s)	Ex-wives (divorced) Leila Ansari (?–present)
Children	7
Website	www.zijipublishing.com

Francis George "Franc" Roddam (born 29 April 1946) is an English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher. He currently lives in London with his wife Leila Ansari and their son Zane. He has six other children from previous marriages.

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 200 countries worldwide and there are 47 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 — Director/Co-Writer
• The Lords of Discipline — Director
• The Bride — Director
• Aria — Director (multiple directors)
• War Party — Director
• K2 — Director

Television

• MasterChef — Format Creator, Executive Producer
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet — Format Creator, Executive Producer
• The Canterbury Tales — Format Creator, Executive Produce
• Cleopatra — Director (2 x 90mins)
• Moby Dick — Director (2 x 90mins)
• The 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

Director Franc Roddam with an Arriflex film camera on the set of The Bride (1985)

Director Franc Roddam on the set of Cleopatra (1999)

External links

• Franc Roddam at IMDb
• Ziji Publishing - Official website