
Howard Franklin
Writing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote and directed the (now-cult) '90's comedy Quick Change, starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis and Jason Robards and The Public Eye, a thinly-veiled biography of the tabloid photographer, Weegee (starring Joe Pesci). His other screenplays include: Someone to Watch Over Me (directed by Ridley Scott); The Name of the Rose (starring Sean Connery); The Man Who Knew Too Little (with Bill Murray);
๐ฌ Movies (9)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Self

The Big Year
2011
Screenplay

Antitrust
2001
Writer

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Screenplay

Larger Than Life
1996
Director

The Public Eye
1992
Writer

Quick Change
1990
Director

Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
Screenplay

The Name of the Rose
1986
Screenplay