Howard Franklin
American film director

Howard Franklin

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American film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Film directorScreenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
(United States)
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Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director, known for such films as The Name of the Rose and Quick Change, his collaboration with Bill Murray. 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 Man Who Knew Too Little.

Filmography

  • The Name of the Rose (1986) (with Andrew Birkin, Gerard Brach and Alain Godard)
  • Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
  • Quick Change (1990) (also Co-Director, with Bill Murray)
  • The Public Eye (1992) (also Director)
  • Larger Than Life (1996) (Director)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Little (with Robert Farrar) (1997)
  • Antitrust (2001)
  • The Big Year (2011)