Jeff Franklin - Biography

Jeff Franklin has been a successful writer-producer-director for over twenty-five years. He is responsible for hundreds of hours of quality television and motion pictures. Jeff created and executive produced two long-running , hit ABC comedies, La fête à la maison (1987) and Mr. Cooper et nous (1992), which are syndicated worldwide and have earned over half a billion dollars in revenue. His extensive television credits also include writing and producing Laverne et Shirley (1976), Bosom Buddies (1980), It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986), and Malcolm & Eddie (1996). Jeff directed multiple episodes of La fête à la maison (1987) as well. He also wrote, produced and directed the first Olsen Twins movie, rating's winner Sarah et Julie n'en font qu'à leur tête (1992). On the feature side, Jeff produced and wrote two hit teen comedies, Paramount's Prof d'enfer pour un été (1987) and Columbia's Just One of the Guys (1985). He recently produced, wrote and directed the independently released dark comedy Allergique à l'amour (1999), which has become a "cult classic", and enjoyed tremendous success and profitability on DVD. Jeff Franklin's track record is one of the best in the business. His projects are consistently crowd-pleasers and money-makers.