Gueltzl, Francis de

   He entered films as a second assistant director (1976 Les Lolos de Lola, Bernard Dubois, shot in 1974; 1980 Inspecteur la Bavure, Claude Zidi; The Hostage / Alistair MacLean's the Hostage Tower, Claudio Guzmân, USA).

   Then he was a first assistant director for films (1982 Tempêches tout le Monde de dormir, Gérard Lauzier; La Baraka, Jean Valère; 1983 Les Compères / USA: Com-Dads, Francis Veber; 1985 Escalier C / UK and USA: Staircase C, Jean-Charles Tacchella; 1986 Etats d'Âme, Jacques Fansten; 1988 L'Etudiante, Claude Pinoteau) and TV (1985 Lace, TV miniseries, William Hale, USA; 1986 The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Jeannot Szwarc, USA; Napoleon and Josephine, TV miniseries, Richard T. Heffron; 1998 Une Sirène dans la Nuit, Luc Boland; De Gré ou de Force, Fabrice Cazeneuve; 2000 Que reste-t-il . . . ?, Etienne Périer) and second unit director (1993 Les Visiteurs / UK and USA: The Visitors, Jean-Marie Poiré).

 Filmography

1989 ◘ Les Mannequins d'Osier (also co-screenwriter)

1993 ◘ Les Ténors (also screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased)

 Television Filmography

1995 ◘ Le Mouton noir (also co-screenwriter, actor)