Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1976 Mauriac ou l’Enracinement (documentary; also
screenwriter)
1977 La Terrasse de Malagar
Le Seigneur de Bel Air (also screenwriter)
1979 Robert Escarpit (documentary; also screenwriter)
PÉCAS, MAX (April 25, 1925, Lyon, Rhône, Paris–
February 10, 2003, Paris, France)
His parents owned a business selling general supplies
for cinema in Marseille. One of their clients, a
fi lm journalist, offered him a job as administrator of
theater tours, a job he gave up after meeting actress
Ginette Leclerc. She recommended him to a director,
and he entered fi lms as an assistant director (1947
Nuit sans Fin, Jacques Séverac; 1948 Sergil et le Dictateur,
Jacques Daroy; 1949 Le Droit de l’Enfant, Jacques
Daroy; La Passagère, Jacques Daroy; 1950 La Maison du
Printemps, Jacques Daroy; 1951 Porte d’Orient, Jacques
Daroy; 1952 Sergil chez les Filles, Jacques Daroy; 1953
Tourbillon, Alfred Rode; 1956 Trois de la Canebière, Maurice
de Canonge; 1957 Trois de la Marine, Maurice de
Canonge; 1958 Arènes joyeuses, Maurice de Canonge,
La Fille de Feu, Alfred Rode; 1959 Visa pour l’Enfer /
Passeport pour l’Enfer, Alfred Rode). A fi lmmaker from
1959, he directed mainly erotic movies and lowbrow
comedies. Other credit (as production manager):
1969 Le Grand Cérémonial (Pierre-Alain Jolivet).
Filmography
1960 Le Cercle Vicieux
1961 De quoi tu t’mêles, Daniela! / Zarte Haut in
schwarzer Seide / UK: Daniela, Criminal Strip-
Tease / USA: Daniela by Night (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter; France / West Germany)
1962 Douce Violence / UK: Sweet Violence / Violent
Ecstasy / USA: Sweet Ecstasy (also co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
La Belle et le Champion (short)
1964 Cinq Filles en Furie / Les Chiennes de Soledor /
USA: Five Wild Kids / Five Wild Girls (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, producer)
La Baie du Désir / USA: The Erotic Touch of Hot
Skin / The Erotic Touch / The Touch of Skin (also
co-screenwriter, producer)
1966 Espions à l’Affût / La Chaleur de Minuit / UK:
Where the Action Is / USA: Heat of Midnight
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
producer)
PÉCAS, MAX • 801
1967 Une Femme aux Abois / La Prisonnière du Désir
/ USA: The Slave (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist, producer)
La Peur et l’Amour / La Peur et le Désir / USA:
Fear and Love / Torment (also screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, producer)
1968 La Nuit la plus chaude / UK: The Night of the
Outrages / USA: The Night of the Three Lovers
(also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist,
producer)
1969 La Main noire / La mano nera (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer;
France / Italy)
1970 Claude et Greta / UK: Any Time Anywhere / USA:
Her and She and Him (also co-adapter, codialogist,
producer)
1971 Je suis une Nymphomane / UK: Forbidden Passions
/ The Sensuous Teenager / UK DVD: I Am
a Nymphomanic / USA: Libido: The Urge to Love
(also screenwriter, producer)
1973 Comment le Désir vient aux Filles / Je suis frigide
. . . pourquoi? / UK: I Am Frigid . . . Why? / USA:
She Should Have Stayed in Bed (also screenwriter,
producer)
1974 Club privé (pour Couples avertis) / UK: Private
Club (also screenwriter, producer)
Sexuellement vôtre / USA: Young Casanova (also
screenwriter, producer)
1975 Les Mille et une Perversions de Felicia / Canada:
1001 Perversions of Felicia / USA: Felicia (also
screenwriter, co-adapter, producer)
1976 Luxure / Laure, perverse et Nymphomane / UK:
Everybodys / USA: Sweet Taste of Honey (also
adapter)
1977 Marche pas sur mes Lacets (also producer)
1978 Embraye Bidasse . . . ça fume! (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, delegate producer)
1979 On est venu là pour s’éclater / Hot Dogs auf
Ibiza (also delegate producer; France / West
Germany)
1980 Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché
et mal foutu / Wer spritzt denn da am Mittelmeer
/ Mas vale pajaro en mano (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; delegate
producer; France / West Germany / Spain)
1981 Belles, blondes et bronzés / Zwölf Schwedinnen in
Afrika / Bellas, rubias y bronceadas (also screenwriter,
dialogist, delegate producer; France /
West Germany / Spain)