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About Francis Delia

A native New Yorker, Delia began as performer with RCA recording group “The Bruthers”.  Studied at School of Visual Arts and Cooper Union, NYC; worked as commercial photographer for Madison Avenue Ad agencies Benton & Bowles, BBD&O, Ogilvy, Mathers; editorial including National Lampoon & High Times. Photographed John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Norman Mailer.

 

Shot key art for movie ads: De Palma’s “Dress To Kill”, John Carpenter’s “The Fog”, “Escape From New York”. Wrote, produced, directed music videos including #1’s Sara (w/Rebecca De Mornay)/We Built This City (Starship) Somebody’s Watching Me w/ Michael Jackson (BET’s Top 100 Videos). VH-1’s POP-UP VIDEO including “Mexican Radio” (Wall of Voodoo) and “Psychotherapy”, The Ramones (Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Videos of All Time). 

 

TV directing, writing include “War of the Worlds” (Paramount), “Against the Law” (Fox), “Max Headroom” (Director, ABC), Michael Mann’s “Crime Story” (Director, NBC), “Friday the 13th, the Series (Writer, Director, Paramount). 

 

Feature films as Writer & Director include “Freeway” (Writer/Director, New World) “Troublebound” (Co-Writer, ITC/Fox Patricia Arquette, Billy Bob Thornton), An American Haunting, (Un-credited Writer, Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek; “Che” (Davis-Panzer, 2007); The Game: Life After The Math (Writer, Director, Universal 2009); musical feature “Live At Angola” (2010),  “Symphony of the Universe” (2011), “Long Day Journey”, Danny Glover, Derek Luke (Co-writer/Director, 2014). "The Deadline" based on Norman Mailer novel “The Time of Her Time (Writer, 2014). Voodoo Guitar Man (Writer, 2014). The Forger (Writer, 2015).

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