---
name: "François Velle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francois-velle"
fi1m_id: "francois-velle"
imdb_id: "nm0892612"
tmdb_id: 937061
wikidata_id: "Q23926131"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:44:33.255822+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# François Velle

## Identity

François Velle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francois-velle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francois-velle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0892612
- **TMDB ID:** 937061
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23926131
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23926131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/937061

Director. Born 1 January 1961 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Paris, France
- **Also known as:** Frankie Shades, Francois Velle
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23926131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/937061

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

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## Biography

François Velle is a French director and writer. He was born on 22 July 1961 in Paris and is the son of actor Louis Velle and novelist Frédérique Hébrard. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1999.

Velle has directed episodes of the series *Bones* (2010–2013), *Ransom* (2017) and *Doc Martin* (2013). His feature films include *The Narrows* (2008) and *New Suit* (2002). He has also directed numerous French television series and miniseries, including *Mother Is Wrong* (2018), *De Gaulle* (2020) and *Off Track* (2023). He is also credited as Frankie Shades.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Le Mystère de la chambre jaune* (2026), series, Director
- *Off Track* (2023), series, Director, Writer, Scenario Writer
- *De Gaulle, l'éclat et le secret* (2020), series, Director, Creator
- *Mother Is Wrong* (2018), series, Screenplay, Creator
- *Ransom* (2017), series, Director
- *No Second Chance* (2015), series, Director
- *A Family Secret* (2014), series, Director
- *Murders in...* (2013), series, Director
- *The Narrows* (2008), as Neighbor · Director
- *KMPD - Krass Mann Police Department* (2007), as Regie
- *Bones* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *New Suit* (2003), Director
- *Comme des rois* (1997), Director
- *Les Allumettes suédoises* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Castle of Olive Trees* (1993), series, Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Le Mari de l'ambassadeur* (1990), series, Director
- *Salut la puce* (1983), Assistant Director
- *Un mari, c'est un mari* (1976), as Paul Martel
- *La Demoiselle d'Avignon* (1972), series, as Le cousin de François

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