Frank Michael Howson was an Australian theatre and film director, screenwriter, and singer.
22 Facts About Frank Howson
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Frank Howson directed Flynn on the early life of Errol Flynn and Hunting.
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Howson, with Peter Boyle, helped establish Boulevard Films which produced thirteen films from Boulevard of Broken Dreams to Flynn; besides producing for Boulevard Films, Howson often wrote scripts and directed.
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Frank Michael Howson was born in Melbourne on 10 March 1952.
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Frank Howson started in show business when he was seven.
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Whenever not enough acts showed up, young Frank Howson was summoned to perform under made up names.
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Frank Howson released two other singles This Night and 1983 The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.
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Frank Howson co-wrote John Paul Young's 1984 album One Foot in Front.
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Frank Howson signed New romantic band Pseudo Echo and co-wrote their songs Autumnal Park and Destination Unknown with Tony Lugton, they later had a 1987 No 1 hit in Australia with their version of Funky Town.
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Frank Howson began his career as stage actor, singer and dancer, and appeared in 21 major productions before turning 21.
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The first of these was a children's musical entitled The Faraway Land of Magical Frank Howson, which was produced at the Toral Theatre in Melbourne in January 1976.
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Frank Howson went on to create two more children's musicals, without Ferrier's involvement: Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp and Sinbad the Sailor: The Last Adventure.
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Frank Howson moved to Hollywood in 1997 after a falling out with his business partner and the collapse of Boulevard Films.
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Frank Howson was debilitated, at times, by Spasmodic Dysphonia which affected his voice; it was periodically mitigated by Botox injections into his larynx.
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Frank Howson was on the Crystal Prix Jury for the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
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From 1997 to 2005 Frank Howson worked and lived in Hollywood.
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Frank Howson served on the board of directors for the Starlight Children's Foundation of California.
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Frank Howson was asked by Steven Berkoff to direct the TV version of Berkoff's international hit theatre show Shakespeare's Villains.
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Frank Howson later completed writing his memoirs on the film industry A Life in the Circus, and wrote songs for Steve Housden's solo album.
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Frank Howson acted and was a script editor in a Wolstencroft film, The Beautiful and Damned.
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Frank Howson later served as a board member of Open Channel, a non-profit organisation that supports young filmmakers.
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Frank Howson was invited to direct the premiere production of the short play The Replacement Son for the Short and Sweet festival at Melbourne's Arts Centre in December 2007.