Howard Franklin

{{short description|American screenwriter and film director|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director, known for such films as The Name of the Rose{{cite web |work=The New York Times |title=The Name of the Rose (1986) FILM: MEDIEVAL MYSTERY IN 'NAME OF THE ROSE' |authorlink=Vincent Canby |author=Canby, Vincent |date=September 24, 1986 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/24/movies/film-medieval-mystery-in-name-of-the-rose.html |access-date=30 December 2023}} and his three collaborations with Bill Murray: Quick Change, Larger than Life, and The Man Who Knew Too Little.{{cite web|title=Howard Franklin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/90392/Howard-Franklin/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114001039/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/90392/Howard-Franklin/biography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2014|archive-date=2014-01-14}} 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.