Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian

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and

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. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series ''

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'' in 1983; it aired on

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in 1984. He was born in

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and died in

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, Germany of a brain tumor, at age 75.

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 ''The Seventh Victim'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by Mark Robson and starring Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, and Kim Hunter. Written by Charles O'Neal and DeWitt Bodeen, and produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictu ...

'' (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 ''When the Mad Aunts Arrive'' () is a 1970 West German musical comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Rudi Carrell, Ilja Richter, and Chris Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p. 269 It is one of the films of the era inspired by the c ...

'' (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 ''The Secret Carrier'' (German: ''Der Geheimnisträger'') is a 1975 West German comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Willy Millowitsch, Brigitte Mira and Sybil Danning.Bock & Bergfelder p.291 Location shooting took place in ...

'' (1975) * '' Lady Dracula'' (1977) * '' Popcorn and Ice Cream'' (1978) * ''

She's 19 and Ready ''She's 19 and Ready'' (also known as ''Sunnyboy und Sugarbaby'') is a 1979 West German sex comedy film. Plot The story centers on a rather uninhibited young woman named Eva (Sabine Wollin) and her two boyfriends - Stefan ( Ekkehardt Belle) an ...

'' (1979) * '' Mandara'' (1983, TV miniseries) * ''

Death Stone ''Death Stone'' () is a 1987 West German- Sri-Lankan action film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring , Heather Thomas, Elke Sommer, and Brad Harris. It was also released as ''Perahera'' and ''Jungle Fire''. Plot While in Sri Lanka ...

'' (1987) * ' (1987) * ' (1988, TV film) * ' (1990, TV miniseries) * ''Die Liebe eines Priesters'' (2005, TV film)

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* 1930 births 2006 deaths Austrian film directors Austrian comedy film directors Austrian television directors Austrian male screenwriters People from Neunkirchen District, Austria Deaths from brain cancer in Germany 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers {{Austria-film-director-stub