Creator of Ghosts City Films and Ghosts City, Franck Priot has worked in film and audiovisual industry in France and all over the world, for over 30 years.

From 1988 to 2000, Franck Priot worked as a film critic and reporter, in TV and print, from Vivendi channel TLT on which he had his own tv show, to Première, Libération, or Les Cahiers du Cinéma. In 2000, he joined the professional weekly Ecran Total for which he reported on international film sales and published financing plans analysis.

These years as a reporter have led to the interview of hundreds of creators including James Cameron, Raymond Depardon, Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Claude Sautet, Jean-Marie Straub, Jean Marais, François Périer, Claude Berri, Jash Johar, Jackie Chan, George Lucas, Luc Besson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Johnny Haliday.

In 2005, he became Chief Operating Officer of Film France, the French Film Commission, and was a leading force in the implementation of the French Tax Rebate for International Production. He also defined and initiated a policy of international promotion of France as a shooting destination. In this function, he was for ten years the main entry-point of the studios of Hollywood, India or China for their productions in France, as (among hundreds) Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen, the franchises Despicable Me and Hunger Games or Chinese Zodiac by Jackie Chan.

Franck is also vice-chairman of the European association Bridging the Dragon, supported by Creative Europe, which facilitates collaborations between European and Chinese producers.