Howard Franklin
Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director, known for such films as The Name of the Rose and his three collaborations with Bill Murray: Quick Change, Larger than Life, and The Man Who Knew Too Little. His other films include The Public Eye, about a 1940s tabloid photographer modeled on the photojournalist Weegee and starring Joe Pesci; Someone to Watch Over Me and The Big Year.
Howard Franklin
- Name
- Howard Franklin
- Birthplace
- United States
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, film director
- Spouse
- Anne Litt
- Born
- 2000 · United States.
- Fields
- film
- Languages
- English
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Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director, known for such films as The Name of the Rose and his three collaborations with Bill Murray: Quick Change, Larger than Life, and The Man Who Knew Too Little. His other films include The Public Eye, about a 1940s tabloid photographer modeled on the photojournalist Weegee and starring Joe Pesci; Someone to Watch Over Me and The Big Year.
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• Name — Howard Franklin • Birthplace — United States • Children — Nelson • Occupation — Screenwriter, film director • Spouse — Anne Litt
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• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Executive Producer — Notes • 1984 — Romancing the Stone — Uncredited — Script revisions • 1986 — The Name of the Rose — Co-written with Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach and Alain Godard • 1987 — Someone to Watch Over Me • 1990 — Quick Change — Co-directed with Bill Murray • 1992 — The Public Eye • 1996 — Larger than Life • 1997 — The Man Who Knew Too Little — Co-written with Robert Farrar • 2001 — Antitrust • 2007 — Fracture — Uncredited — Script revisions • 2011 — The Big Year • 2015 — The King of 7B — Made-for-television film Co-written with Dan Fogelman
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