Cyril Solomon Israel Frankel (28 December 1921 – 7 June 2017) was a British film and television director.

In 1970, he directed "Timelash", an episode of UFO, which he described as a very interesting script and one of his personal favourites.

A complete copy has since been discovered and has been screened at a number of international film festivals.

Prior to his retirement, he became the ceramics expert for Bonhams auction house.

A book, Modern Pots: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their Contemporaries - The Lisa Sainsbury Collection, was co-authored by Frankel and published in 2000.