Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Vieille Fille / La tardona, Jean-Pierre Blanc, France /
Italy). Parallel with his cinematographic career, he
was actor Pierre Brasseur’s secretary (1959–1960).
He also was a second script assistant (1963 Bébert
et l’Omnibus, Yves Robert), actor (1967 Le Saut / O
salto / USA: Voyage of Silence, Christian de Chalonge),
technical adviser (1972 Les Malheurs d’Alfred / Les
Malheurs d’Alfred ou Après la Pluie . . . le mauvais Temps
/ USA: The Troubles of Alfred, Pierre Richard; 1973 Je
sais rien, mais je dirai tout, Pierre Richard; 1976 Le
Jouet / USA: The Toy, Francis Veber; 1991 On peut
toujours rêver, Pierre Richard), and co-screenwriter
(1978 Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé / USA: The New
Beaujolais Wine Has Arrived . . . , Jean-Luc Voulfow;
1980 La Traque, 4 52', Philippe Lefebvre).
Filmography
1974 Un Nuage entre les Dents (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, dialogist)
1988 Savannah, la Ballade (also adapter, dialogist,
editor)
1993 La Cavale des Fous
1994 Dernier des Pélicans
Television Filmography
1982 Paris Saint-Lazare (6 52')
1984 Manipulations
1987 Les Fortifs
1989 Morte Fontaine
1994 Le R.I.F. (episode “L’Air d’une Fugue”)
Novacek (episode “Le Croisé de l’Ordre”)
1997 La Mondaine (episode “Marilyne”)
L’Etoile d’Anvers
1998 D’Or et de Safran
1999 Les Quatre-vingt-unards
La Bascule
2000 Les Enfants du Printemps (3 90')
2003 Leclerc, un Rêve d’Indochine
PIERSON, CLAUDE (November 7, 1930, Paris,
France–March 19, 1997, Paris, France)
His father worked in a cinematographic laboratory.
After directing mostly erotic movies and comedies,
he shot many porn fl icks from 1975 to 1986 under
the pseudonyms of Andrée Marchand, Caroline
Joyce, and Paul Martin. He created his own production
company, Pierson Company. Besides his fi lms,
he worked as a delegate producer on authors’ fi lms
(1979 Mama cumple cien anos / Maman a Cent Ans
/ Mamma compie cent’anni / USA: Mama Turns 100,
PIGAUT, ROGER • 817
Carlos Saura, Spain / France / Italy; Panny z Wilka / Les
Demoiselles de Wilko, Andrzej Wajda, Poland / France;
1985 Paradigma / Le Pouvoir du Mal, Krzysztof Zanussi,
West Germany / France / Italy) and poorly released
movies (1980 Une Nuit rêvée pour un Poisson banal /
video: Trahisons, Bernard Guillou; La Nuit de la Mort /
video: Les Griffes de la Mort, Raphaël Delpard). Other
credit (as actor): 1986 Un Gendarme en Benidorm
(Tomás Aznar, Spain).
Filmography
1963 Tante Aurore viendra ce soir (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1966 Ils sont nus / Elles sont nues / UK: Days of Desire
/ USA: We Are All Naked (also producer;
France / Canada)
1969 A propos de la femme / French video: Le Macho
/ UK: All About Women (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Canada)
1971 Une Fille libre / Una dopo l’altre / UK: Erotic
Love-Games (France / Italy / Canada)
1972 Justine de Sade / Justine / UK censored version:
Justine de Sade / USA: The Violation of Justine
(also producer; France / Italy / Canada)
1974 Un Amour comme le nôtre / UK: French Love /
USA: Affair (as Andrée Marchand; also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer; France / Italy /
Canada)
Donnez-nous notre Amour quotidien / French
video: La Déchirure / Amore quotidiano / USA:
In Love with Sex / Give Us Our Daily Bread (as
Andrée Marchand; also producer; France /
Italy / Canada)
1975 J’ai droit au Plaisir / La Clinique (as Andrée Marchand;
France / Canada)
1976 Ah! Si Moine voulait . . . / L’Heptaméron / Vertudieu!
Les Joyeux Compères (France / Canada;
shot in 1973)
La Grande Récré (France / Canada)
1977 La Fille à la Fourrure / Le Délire des Sens / Naked
Lovers / Starship Eros / The Girl in the Fur Coat
(also producer)
1980 Les Phallocrates (France / Canada)
Television Filmography
1964 Bayard / Chevalier Bayard (13 26')
PIGAUT, ROGER (Roger Pigot / April 8, 1919,
Vincennes, France, Val-de-Marne, France–December
24,1989, Paris, France)