---
name: "Howard Franklin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-franklin"
fi1m_id: "howard-franklin"
imdb_id: "nm0291442"
tmdb_id: 2357
wikidata_id: "Q3141551"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:48:11.191145+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Howard Franklin

## Identity

Howard Franklin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-franklin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-franklin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0291442
- **TMDB ID:** 2357
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3141551
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Franklin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3141551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2357

Writer. Born 1 January 2000 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Franklin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3141551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2357

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director. He co-wrote the screenplay for *The Name of the Rose* (1986) with Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach and Alain Godard.

Franklin wrote and co-directed *Quick Change* (1990) with Bill Murray, and wrote and directed *The Public Eye* (1992). He also directed *Larger Than Life* (1996). His other screenplays include *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987), *The Man Who Knew Too Little* (1997), *Antitrust* (2001) and *The Big Year* (2011). He has collaborated on several projects with Bill Murray.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *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, Director
- *Quick Change* (1990), Director, Screenplay
- *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987), Screenplay
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/howard-franklin