Hercules Bellville

Hercules Bellville (June 18, 1939 – February 21, 2009) was an American film producer. Working with Jeremy Thomas at London's Recorded Picture Company for much of his later career, he was an associate producer on The Dreamers and Sexy Beast, and the co-producer of Blood and Wine. Formerly Bellville had been employed as Roman Polanski's assistant director on many films, working with the director in a creative capacity for over a decade. Bellville was an associate producer on Polanski's The Tenant, and it is his hands that come through the wall to menace Catherine Deneuve in Repulsion. He married Ilana Shulman on 19 February 2009 and died two days later. He is buried in East Highgate Cemetery on the south side of the main through path.

Filmography Assistant Director The Passenger (1975) Pirates (1976 but abandoned and eventually released in 1986) The First Deadly Sin (abandoned) Hurricane (1979) Being There (1979) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Producer The Dreamers (2003) Sexy Beast (2000) All the Little Animals (1998) Blood and Wine (1996) Strangers Kiss (1983)