Franz Josef Gottlieb: Franz Josef Gottlieb. Director: The Black Abbot. Franz Josef Gottlieb was born on 1 November 1930 in Semmering, Lower Austria, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for The Black Abbot (1963), Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967) and The Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963). He was married to Elisabeth Krogh and Doris Kirchner. He died on 23 July 2006 in Verden an der Aller, Germany.
