
Dean Francis
Directing
Biography
Dean Francis (born November 2, 1979) is an American filmmaker known for his work on the original Saw short and Crazy Richard.
Known For

Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of another man. Phil is gay.
Drown

David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.
Saw

A supernatural thriller about a group of teenagers menaced by a driver-less train in the Australian outback.
Road Train

Disgraced cop Aiden is thrust into Sydney’s neon-soaked gay district, where a chance encounter with Cody—a seductive bartender and sex worker—sparks a dangerous spiral. Blackmailed into working for Fat Frankie, a murderous drag queen mob boss, Aiden is drawn into a deadly heist and a twisted game of survival. As he battles desire, betrayal, and his own demons, Aiden must decide if redemption is worth the price of betrayal.
Body Blow

Casey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in big city Sydney. When he meets city lad Tib both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.
Lonesome

Created by gay directors and actors, Boys On Film features numerous award-winning shorts that deal with all aspects of gay life. Volume 2: In Too Deep contains nine complete films: Till Kleinert's "Cowboy" starring Oliver Scherz and Pit Bukowski; HĂĄkon Liu's "Lucky Blue" starring Tobias Bengtsson and Tom Lofterud; Matthieu Salmon's "Weekend In The Countryside" starring ThĂ©o Frilet, Pierre Moure, and Jean-Claude Dumas; Soman Chainani's "Kali Ma" starring Kamini Khanna, Brendan Bradley, and Manish Dayal; Julián Hernández's "Bramadero" starring Cristhian RodrĂguez and Sergio Almazán; Craig Boreham's "Love Bite" starring Will Field and Aidan Calabria; "The Island" featuring director Trevor Anderson ; Arthur Halpern's "Futures (and Derivatives)" starring Kelly Miller, Cam Kornman, and Bill Barnett; and Tim Hunter's "Working It Out" starring Simon Kearney, Paul Ross, and Glaston Toft.
Boys On Film 2: In Too Deep

Bullying is taken to unimaginable extremes at an exclusive private boys school.
Boys Grammar

Noah and Gus hang out and smoke weed after school. As the munchies kick in Noah feels compelled to share a secret desire that has been tormenting him.
Love Bite

Kevin is a male sex worker who has survived a vicious attack by a client whose kinks went way above the pay grade. In the following months as Kevin recuperates and works through the trauma with his boyfriend Jacob, he is approached by a true crime TV show that wants to tell his story. Is this his moment to shine? His chance at stardom and the big bucks? Or is it really something much darker?
Perfect Boy Next Door

A mockumentary about the perils of child stardom, Crazy Richard has as its hapless subject Richard Veed, a former child actor attempting to make a comeback after nearly dropping dead of a drug overdose at the age of 13. Now playing a gay teen in the late-night TV offering "I Can't Even Think Straight," Richard is hell-bent on regaining his former luster, and, as such, allows filmmaker Katrina Mathers to record his every move on film. From his trailer tantrums to naked cavorting on the beach, there is nothing Richard will not allow on film, resulting in footage more satisfyingly awful than a typical episode of E! True Hollywood Story.
Crazy Richard
"Antoinette is in crisis. The one and only Satan appears and may hold the key to her salvation or damnation."
Prohibitas

"A stranger from a strange land lands on planet Earth. Questions are asked and answers must be delivered."
Bracatus

A contemporary retelling of the classic tale of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Stray follows the story of Mouse, a teenager who leaves his home in the country in search of a place in the world. Along the way, he is exposed to the seedy underbelly of the city and the people who live there including the broken drag diva Lame Doe Ray, who takes him under her wing. Will Mouse be led astray and consumed by the drug soaked landscape?
Stray

Caught having sex with another man, this 17 year old has an angry fight with his father which comes to a tragic end when he sets himself on fire.