Franz Josef Gottlieb Explained

Franz Josef Gottlieb
Birth Date:	1 November 1930
Birth Place:	Semmering, Austria
Death Place:	Verden an der Aller, Germany
Nationality:	Austrian
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1959-2005

Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930  - 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter.^[1] He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series Ravioli in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was born in Semmering, Austria and died in Verden an der Aller, Germany of a brain tumor, at age 75.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Mikosch of the Secret Service (co-director Franz Marischka, 1959)
• My Niece Doesn't Do That (1960)
• Season in Salzburg (1961)
• The Forester's Daughter (1962)
• The Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963)
• The Black Abbot (1963)
• The Secret of the Black Widow (1963)
• The Seventh Victim (1964)
• The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
• The Phantom of Soho (1964)
• (1965)
• (1965)
• A Holiday with Piroschka (1965)
• Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967)
• (1969)
• When You're With Me (1970)
• When the Mad Aunts Arrive (1970)
• Aunt Trude from Buxtehude (1971)
• (1971)
• (1971)
• The Mad Aunts Strike Out (1971)
• Rudi, Behave! (1971)
• Trouble with Trixie (1972)
• Crazy - Completely Mad (1973)
• No Sin on the Alpine Pastures (1974)
• The Secret Carrier (1975)
• Lady Dracula (1977)
• Popcorn and Ice Cream (1978)
• She's 19 and Ready (1979)
• Mandara (1983, TV miniseries)
• Death Stone (1987)
• (1987)
• (1988, TV film)
• Kartoffeln mit Stippe (1990, TV miniseries)
• Die Liebe eines Priesters (2005, TV film)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Franz Josef Gottlieb . Film Portal . 31 October 2020.
2. Book: III, Harris M. Lentz. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2006: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 24 April 2007. McFarland. 9780786452118. 16 August 2018. Google Books.