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Richard Franklin was educated at Haileybury College, Melbourne, and began an arts degree at Monash University. He left the university to begin work in television prior to being accepted into the film school of the University of Southern California in 1967. Returning to Australia, Franklin directed television drama for Crawford Prodcutions as well as films such as Patrick (1978) and Roadgames (1981).

Following another stint in the USA, Franklin returned again to Australia. In his later years he was lecturer at the Swinburne School of Film and Television and, at the time of his death, was completing a PhD on the role of the director.

Sources: Graeme Blundell, 'Home-Grown Hitchcock Tapped the Alternative Genre', Australian 18 July 2007:16 and Brian Mcfarlane, 'Filmmaker Translated Passion for the Art with Wit and Precision', Age 20 July 2007: 5.