Born and raised in the neighbourhood of Montmartre in Paris, Francis wrote his "Portrait of Jack Kerouac after Desolation Angels" thesis for his Masters' at the University of Paris X before going on the road to travel and see the world. After a year in the Amazon jungle of Colombia as a rainforest safari guide, he spent 5 years in Rio de Janeiro working in the travel and hotel industries. Moving to New York City (where he still lives) he began working in the entertainment industry, first as a host and producer of primetime daily programs on Manhattan Cable TV, and then as an actor in films, tv and voice-overs. He spent his first weekend in America at the original Woodstock [...] then he has also hosted and produced "The Wine CD" as a Compagnon des Vins de Bordeaux with a group of 14 other wine specialists.Fluent in 4 languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) and in the York and Scottish rites of Freemasonry, Francis also loves to play rock'n'roll music on his Stratocaster guitar and Marshall [...] was a close friend of Gomelsky for over 30 years and this biography was originally published in France.