Directing

Allan Francovich

Born March 23, 1941

Died April 17, 1997 · aged 56

No biography available.

Known For

GladioGladio · 1992
Gladio
7.01992
MovieDocumentary
In three programmes shown over consecutive weeks in BBC2's Timewatch strand, Allan Francovich interviewed key Gladio players such as Propaganda Due head, Licio Gelli, Italian neofascist and terrorist Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Venetian judge Felice Casson, Italian Gladio commander General Gerardo Serravale, Belgian Senator Roger Lallemand, Belgian gendarme Martial Lekue and former CIA director William Colby. Also included was "hoaxer" Oswald LeWinter.
AlliesAllies · 1983
Allies
9.01983
MovieDocumentary
ALLIES is a landmark documentary from 1983, made at the time of Bob Hawke’s unequivocal embrace of the American alliance.
On Company BusinessOn Company Business · 1980
On Company Business
6.71980
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A controversial three part critical documentary on the history of the CIA.
The Maltese Double CrossThe Maltese Double Cross · 1994
The Maltese Double Cross
8.01994
MovieDocumentary
The documentary disputes the conclusion reached by the official investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, instead advancing the theory that the bomb was introduced onto the aircraft by an unwitting drug mule, Khaled Jafaar, in what the filmmaker claims is a CIA-protected suitcase. Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, former prime minister of Iran, discusses the idea that Iran took revenge for the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air Flight 655 in July 1988.
The Houses Are Full of SmokeThe Houses Are Full of Smoke · 1987
The Houses Are Full of Smoke
6.01987
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A powerful three-part documentary studying the US involvement in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The differing factions - Sandinista leaders, Guatemalan campesinos, CIA operatives, Contras and US government apologists - are interviewed and, in the absence of a controlling narration, the audience is encouraged to draw its own conclusions.
San Francisco Good TimesSan Francisco Good Times · 1977
San Francisco Good Times
8.01977
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the underground newspaper, 'Good Times,' featuring The Floating Lotus Opera Company, The Berkeley Astrology Guild and the Good Times Commune.
TimewatchTimewatch · 1982
Timewatch
6.91982
SeriesDocumentary
Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.
Secret HistorySecret History · 1991
Secret History
8.51991
SeriesDocumentary
Secret History was a long-running British television documentary series. Shown on Channel 4, the Secret History brandname was used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can still be found on US cable channels without the branding. It can be seen as Channel 4's answer to the BBC's Timewatch.

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