Larry J. Franco Biography

American film producer

Larry Joseph Franco (born April 5, 1949) is an American film producer. He has also served as an actor, second unit director and *istant 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

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.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)
• Jur*ic 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)

*ociate 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)

*istant director

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

First *istant 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 *istant director

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

Acting credits

References

External links

• Larry Franco at IMDb