Aaron Hernandez

American Sports Story

Carl Franklin is an award-winning director, writer, actor and producer with over four decades of experience across the entertainment industry.Franklin is best known for his landmark work in the 1990s, directing the acclaimed independent crime thriller One False Move and writing and directing the seminal neo-noir Devil in a Blue Dress, starring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.Upcoming, Franklin directed the premiere episode of Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, based on the infamous Menendez Brothers’ murder case, produced by Ryan Murphy. The series is the follow-up to Netflix’s smash hit Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, for which Franklin earned a BAFTA Award and an Emmy® nomination for his work producing the show and directing the premiere, respectively.Franklin’s remarkable body of work as a director also includes 1998’s One True Thing, which earned star Meryl Streep her 11th Academy Award® nomination, as well as a variety of television credits, including HBO’s The Newsroom and The Leftovers, Showtime’s Homeland and Ray Donovan and NAACP Image Award-winning work on Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and House of Cards, the latter earning him an Emmy nomination as well.He is currently developing a series on The Black Panther party for Netflix and a historical neo-noir, among other projects.

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Franklin is an award-winning director, writer, actor and producer with over four decades of experience across the entertainment industry.

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Carl Franklin | Executive Producer | American Sports Story on FX

American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

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