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.

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.

[3] He was born in San Diego, California on 18 June 1939, the son of Rupert Bellville and his wife Jeanie Fuqua.

In 1964 he met Roman Polanski and was offered a post as his assistant, working on the film "Repulsion" and then on "Cul de Sac".

[5] After a long period as assistant director on various film projects in 1984 he joined Jeremy Thomas in London as a "cultural ambassador".