Larry Franco

Larry Joseph Franco (born April 5, 1949) is an American film producer.^[1] He has also served as an actor, second unit director and assistant director. He is the father of former Atlanta Braves baseball player Matt Franco and Phronsie Franco. He is the ex-brother-in-law of actor Kurt Russell and the ex-son-in-law of actor Bing Russell. Franco attended UCLA film school.

Filmography

Producer

• Escape from New York (1981)
• Starman (1984)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• Prince of Darkness (1987)
• They Live (1988)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• October Sky (1999)
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
• Hulk (2003)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
• 2012 (2009)
• Anonymous (2011)
• White House Down (2013)
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

Executive producer

• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Jumanji (1995)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
• Discarnate (2018)

Associate producer

• Cutter's Way (1981)
• The Thing (1982)

Co-producer

• Christine (1983)
• Tango & Cash (1989)
• Batman Returns (1992)

Line producer

• Two Bits (1995)

Consulting producer

• Jungle Cruise (2021)

Unit production manager

• Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Assistant director

• March or Die (1977)
• The Rose (1979)

First assistant director

• Elvis (1979) (TV movie)
• The Fog (1980)
• Cutter's Way (1981)
• Escape from New York (1981)
• The Thing (1982)
• Christine (1983)
• Starman (1984)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• Prince of Darkness (1987)
• They Live (1988)

Second assistant director

• Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
• Black Sunday (1977)
• Straight Time (1978)
• Foul Play (1978)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)

Acting credits

References

1. ^ "Larry Franco : de Carpenter à Disney, itinéraire d'un producteur gâté" (in French). Le Point. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

External links

• Larry Franco at IMDb