After being educated in Berlin between 1913 and 1926 Francis Bieber began work as a journalist and illustrator in Berlin and Paris before moving to London, England in 1936 and eventually changing his nationality to British. For some years after he earned his living as a medical illustrator before moving into films in 1943, first by doing investigations and writing scripts for the Ministry of Information and later by receiving full technical training with Seven Leagues Productions, a documentary film maker for the MoI, and the British Council.
After a few years Bieber moved over to feature film production with occasional documentary work in between. As well as Seven Leagues Beiber also work for a number of TV and film companies including Exclusive, Anglo-Amalgamated, Douglas Fairbanks, Parthian, BritishIndustrial Films Ltd, Wellington and Artistes Alliance. In June 1958 he went to work for the BBC.
Among his films for the MoI were Jobs for Children, a film about consumer goods, Japanese War on Economy (circa 1944), Economics of Transport, Capital Goods and History of Living.