Larry Franco

Larry Joseph Franco (born April 5, 1949) is an American film producer. 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 Season Hubley and the ex-son-in-law of actor Bing Russell. Franco attended UCLA film school.

Larry Franco
Born	Larry Joseph Franco April 5, 1949 Sonora, California
Occupation	Film producer
Spouse(s)	Jill Russell (?–September 21, 1984) (divorced; 3 children)

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
1981	Cutter's Way	Associate producer
	Escape from New York
1982	The Thing	Associate producer
1983	Christine	Co-producer
1984	Starman
1986	Big Trouble in Little China
1987	Prince of Darkness
1988	They Live
1989	Tango & Cash	Co-producer
1991	The Rocketeer	Executive producer
1992	Batman Returns	Co-producer
1995	Two Bits	Line producer
	Jumanji	Executive producer
1996	Mars Attacks!
1999	October Sky
	Sleepy Hollow	Executive producer
2001	Jurassic Park III
2003	Hulk
2005	Batman Begins
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles
2009	2012
2011	Anonymous
2013	White House Down
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	Executive producer
2018	Discarnate	Executive producer
	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Notes
1976	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Second assistant director
1977	Black Sunday	Second assistant director
	March or Die	Assistant director
1978	Straight Time	Second assistant director
	Foul Play	Second assistant director
1979	Apocalypse Now	Second assistant director
	The Rose	Assistant director
1980	The Fog	First assistant director
1981	Cutter's Way	First assistant director
	Escape from New York	First assistant director
1982	The Thing	First assistant director
1983	Christine	First assistant director
1984	Starman	First assistant director
1986	Big Trouble in Little China	First assistant director
1987	Prince of Darkness	First assistant director
1988	They Live	First assistant director

As an actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Larry (Student)
1979	Apocalypse Now	Soldier Clinging to Helicopter	Uncredited
1982	The Thing	Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
1988	They Live	Neighbor

Production manager

Year	Film	Notes
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	Unit production manager

Television

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Elvis	First assistant director	Television film

External links

• Larry Franco at IMDb