Francisco Day

Francisco Day

second unit director or assistant director, production manager, producer

Francisco Day was born on Sep 16, 1907 in Mexico. Francisco Day's big-screen debut came with Saigon directed by Leslie Fenton in 1947. Francisco Day is known for Vanishing Point directed by Richard C. Sarafian, Barry Newman stars as Kowalski and Cleavon Little as Super Soul. The most recent award Francisco Day achieved is Directors Guild of America, USA. The upcoming new movie Francisco Day plays is Evita Peron which will be released on Feb 23, 1981.

Francisco "Chico" Day, brother of actor Gilbert Roland, was the first Mexican-American to become a member of the Directors Guild of America, and was honored as such in 1995 by the DGA Latino Committee. Being bilingual, he was often the First Assistant Director or Production Manager of choice for big Hollywood studio films shooting on location in Mexico, such as Vengeance aux deux visages (1961) and Major Dundee (1965), but also worked on many other major productions outside of Mexico, for directors such as Cecil B. DeMille and John Frankenheimer. Shortly after his retirement, he was awarded the DGA's Frank Capra award in 1981, in recognition of his career achievement in the Industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.

  • Birthday

    Sep 16, 1907
  • Place of Birth

    Mexico

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Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Directors Guild of America, USA
1981
Winner - Frank Capra Achievement Award

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