Sean Hepburn Ferrer

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Sean Hepburn Ferrer (born July 17, 1960 in Lucerne , Switzerland ) is a film producer and author .

life and career

Sean Hepburn Ferrer was born in Lucerne in 1960 to Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer . He grew up in Switzerland, Italy and the United States.

He initially worked in the film industry and worked on the planning, production and marketing of films. Among other things, he was involved in the shooting of films such as Inchon , Dead Get No Mail or Strangers Kiss , as Assistant Director .

After his mother's death in 1993, he took time off and founded The Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund in 1994 with Robert Wolders , his mother's last significant other , and his half-brother Luca Dotti, which continues Audrey Hepburn's humanitarian work. Among other things, Hepburn Ferrer went on a worldwide tour with the Timeless Audrey exhibition to raise money for the foundation. From 1994 to 2012 he served as chairman of the foundation until he handed this role over to his half-brother. In February 2017, the Hollywood for Children Foundation filed a lawsuit against Hepburn Ferrer with the Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that he had been hindering the Foundation's work for several years for financial reasons. In turn, Sean Hepburn Ferrer filed a lawsuit against the foundation in October 2017; this is not entitled to the continuous worldwide use of Audrey Hepburn's name, but only in individual cases after approval by him. Since Luca Dotti did not join the lawsuit, it was rejected in March 2018. In October 2019, Judge David Sotelo at the Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled that Hollywood for Children was not authorized to use the trademark rights to the name Audrey Hepburn without the consent of both sons.

From 2014 to 2018, Hepburn Ferrer was also the annual Rare Disease Days Ambassador .

In 2001 he made the documentary Racehoss about Albert Race Sample, who turned to writing as a convicted criminal in prison and later helped other prison inmates to return to normal lives. Hepburn Ferrer directed and produced the film.

In 2003 he published a biography of his mother, which a year later was also translated into German as Audrey Hepburn: Melancholie und Grazie. Memories of a son appeared.

Hepburn Ferrer was married to Marina Spadafora from 1985 until they divorced in 1989. The second marriage to Leila Flannigan from 1994 to 2000 had a daughter, who later became model Emma Ferrer . The third marriage with Giovanna Gregori lasted from 2000 to 2009 and also ended in divorce. From this marriage two sons were born. He has been married to Karin Hofer for the fourth time since 2014.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1981: Inchon (Assistant Director)
  • 1982: Dead get no mail ( One Shoe Makes It Murder , TV movie, Second Assistant Director)
  • 1983: Strangers Kiss (Associate Producer, First Assistant Director)
  • 1984: gang of pigs! ( Growing Pains , Second Assistant Director)
  • 1986: Good to Go (Producer)
  • 1987: Treasure of the Moon Goddess (Assistant Director)
  • 1987: Spurge ( Ironweed , Associate Producer)
  • 1991: Malko: Eye of the Widow (Executive Producer, First Assistant Director)
  • 1991: Pretty Hattie's Baby (Producer)
  • 1993: Blood in, Blood out ( Bound by Honor , First Assistant Director)
  • 2001: Racehoss (producer, director)
  • 2010: Living the Blues (short film, executive producer)
  • 2011: Cloudstreet (miniseries, three episodes, executive producer)

Fonts

  • Sean Hepburn Ferrer: Audrey Hepburn: Melancholy and Grace. Memories of a son. Henschel, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89487-475-9 .
  • Sean & Karin Hepburn Ferrer: Little Audrey's Daydream. New York, Princeton Architectural Press 2020, ISBN 978-1-61689-991-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Note from Sean Ferrer at audreyhepburn.com, accessed February 9, 2016
  2. ↑ She had something superhuman at sueddeutsche.de, accessed on February 9, 2016
  3. ^ Note from Luca Dotti at audreyhepburn.com, accessed February 9, 2016
  4. ^ Kenzie Bryant: Audrey Hepburn's Oldest Son in Legal Wrangle with Her Children's Fund . In: vanityfair.com of February 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Jonathan stamp: Audrey Hepburn's son sues children's charity over use of mother's name . In reuters.com from October 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Docket for Sean Hepburn Ferrer v. Hollywood For Children, Inc., 2: 17-cv-07318 . In: courtlistener.com, accessed April 27, 2020.
  7. ^ Proposed Decision Favors Actress' Eldest Son in Dispute with Charity . In: nbclosangeles.com from October 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Rare Disease Day 2018 Ambassador . In: rarediseaseday.org of February 6, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Hepburn Ferrer, Sean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss film producer and author
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne , Switzerland