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| LARRY FRANCO, a native of Sonora, California, is a long time associate of John Carpenter. They first teamed on Elvis, when Franco served as first assistant director. He continued to perform in this capacity during their subsequent films together. After The Fog however, Franco added duties as associate producer on The Thing, co-producer on Christine and producer on Escape From New York, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness and They Live. A 1971 graduate of the UCLA film school, Franco entered the Director’s Guild of America Training Program in 1974. There he worked as a DGA trainee on feature films such as Battle of Midway in 1975 and Harry and Walter Go To New York. He graduated from DGA trainee to 2nd assistant director in 1976 on the feature film Black Sunday and continued with this position on Foul Play. Then came the long and trying task as 2nd assistant director for Francis Coppola’s overwhelming production of Apocalypse Now. Franco worked for more than six months in the Philippines under conditions less than conducive to filmmaking. "It was a real lesson, he says a tough training ground. Whatever else I do with my career will be easy by comparison." Franco moved up to first assistant director on films such as Straight Time with Dustin Hoffman and The Rose with Bette Midler. He also served as associate producer and first assistant director on Cutter’s Way. "It’s great — a Hollywood dream — to go from trainee to co-producer," says Franco, "and the secret is simple. It just takes hard work." |
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