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Sean Hepburn Ferrer | |
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| Born | July 17, 1960 |
| Citizenship | United States [2] |
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| Spouse | Karin Hepburn Ferrer |
| Children | 3, including Emma Ferrer |
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Sean Hepburn Ferrer (born 17 July 1960) [3] [4] is an American film producer and author. [2] He is the son of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer.
Sean Hepburn Ferrer is the son of Audrey Hepburn and her first husband Mel Ferrer. [5] [6] Ferrer was born in Lucerne, Switzerland, [1] and has spent periods of his life in Italy and Spain. [2] He has a half-brother, Luca Dotti, from Hepburn's second marriage to Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti. [1] [5]
After the birth of Sean, his mother turned away from the Hollywood life to focus on raising her children. [7]
He worked in the film industry for several years in the development, production and marketing of films. He has also been an assistant director on several film projects. [2] In 2001, he filmed the documentary Racehoss about Albert Race Sample, who, as a convicted criminal in prison, turned to writing and later helped other inmates to return to normal living. Ferrer directed and produced the film. In 2003, he published a biography of his mother, Audrey Hepburn, an Elegant Spirit. In 2020, he and his wife, Karin, published Little Audrey's Daydream, a children's book about Hepburn's childhood in Europe. Proceeds from the book benefit the European Organisation for Rare Diseases. [8] [9] Ferrer and his daughter, Emma, contributed to Audrey (2020), a documentary about his mother directed by Helena Coan. [10]
A year after his mother's death in 1993, Ferrer founded the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund (originally named Hollywood for Children Inc.), [11] a charity funded by exhibitions of Audrey Hepburn memorabilia. He directed the charity in cooperation with his half-brother Luca Dotti, and Robert Wolders, his mother's partner, which aimed to continue the humanitarian work of Audrey Hepburn. [12] Ferrer brought the exhibition "Timeless Audrey" on a world tour to raise money for the foundation. [13] He served as chairman of the fund before resigning in 2012, turning over the position to Dotti. [14] In 2017, Ferrer was sued by the fund for alleged self-serving conduct. [14] In October 2017, Ferrer responded by suing the fund for trademark infringement, claiming that the fund no longer had the right to use Hepburn's name or likeness. [11] Ferrer's suit against the fund was dismissed in March 2018 due to the complaint's failure to include Dotti as a defendant. [15] In 2019, the court sided with Ferrer, with the judge ruling there was no merit to the charity's claims it had the independent right to use Audrey Hepburn's name and likeness, or to enter into contracts with third parties without Ferrer's consent. [16] [17]
From 2014 to 2018, Ferrer was ambassador of the annual Rare Disease Days. [18]
Ferrer is married to Karin Hepburn Ferrer (formerly Karin Hofer). [5] [8] He is the godfather of Pierluigi Christophe Orunesu. [19] [20]
On June[ sic ] 17, 1960 in Lucerne, Switzerland, Hepburn gave birth to her first child, Sean Hepburn Ferrer...On February 8, 1970 at the age of 40, Hepburn gave birth to her second child, Luca Dotti...
I used to take great pride in my American citizenship.
Of even less import is the statement in one of the earlier biographies that, "Audrey was elated when her son Sean was born on January 17, 1960." Most subsequent biographers repeated this error of fact. Apart from the fact that my travel agent and good friend Janet was delighted in the notion that we shared a birthday, and gravely disappointed when I told her otherwise, this information is of no consequence. Nevertheless, July, not January 17, 1960, is the day that I was graced with the honor of being born to this great woman.
[Audrey Hepburn] put aside her career at its peak to raise her two sons, Sean Ferrer, whose father was Audrey's first husband, the actor Mel Ferrer, and Luca Dotti, from her second marriage (to the Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti). ... [Audrey Hepburn died] in January 1993.... Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey's first grandchild, was born in Switzerland in May of the following year to Sean and his then wife, Leila. Now 20, Emma is the eldest of Sean's three children. ... Sean announced that dinner was ready. At that point we'd been joined by his wife, Karin Hofer, [and] her son, Adone...
[Sean] Hepburn Ferrer and his wife, Karin, who co-authored the book...
Sean Hepburn Ferrer ... is Rare Disease Day 2018 Ambassador. [He] was the previous Rare Disease Day Ambassador for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
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