Franco Amurri | |
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Born | Rome, Italy | 12 September 1958
Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
Spouse(s) | Heide Lund |
Partner(s) | Susan Sarandon (1984–1988) |
Children | 3, including Eva |
Parent(s) | Antonio Amurri (father) |
Franco Amurri (born 12 September 1958) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, [1] best known for directing films such as Da grande , which inspired the Tom Hanks film Big , [2] Monkey Trouble [3] and Flashback . [4]
His father was the author and television writer Antonio Amurri. He has a daughter, Eva Amurri, with actress Susan Sarandon. [5] He is married to Heide Lund, a sometime actress and producer with whom he has two children: son Leone and daughter Augusta. He also has two stepdaughters, Tallulah and Ruby, from Lund's previous marriage to Lord Antony Rufus Isaacs, son of Margot Rufus Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading. [6]
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