Leroi, Francis

(September 5, 1942, Paris, France - March 21, 2002, Port Louis, Mauritius)

   Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in phi­losophy from the Sorbonne, he was a journalist for Combat. He directed his first amateur film at age six­teen. His passion for movies led him to get in touch with some members of the New Wave. He was an assistant to Claude Chabrol (1963 Landru / USA: Blue­beard, France / Italy) and shot a documentary on the shooting of Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville. After filming erotic features, he produced and directed many porn flicks from 1975 to his death. He also financed Un Autre Monde (Michel Baulez, unreleased), Le Franc-Tireur / Les Hasards de la Gloire (Jean-Max Causse, Roger Taverne, 1972, released in 2002), La Bonzesse (also co-director, François Jouffa, 1974), and La Soupe froide (Robert Pouret, 1975) and wrote screenplays of comic strips drawn by Georges Levis (1985 Les Perles de l'Amour, Editions Albin Michel, L'Echo des Savanes; 1987 Dodo, l3 Ans: En Présence de sa Tante seulement, Albin Michel, L'Echo des Savanes), Philippe Cavell (1986 Juliette de Sade, Editions Dominique Le­roy), Romanini (1991 Dodo, la petite Pensionnaire, Albin Michel, L'Echo des Savanes), and Jean-Pierre Gibrat (1995 Pinocchia, Albin Michel, L'Echo des Savanes). Autobiography: 1999 70, Années érotiques (Editions de la Musardine). He died of cancer at age fifty-nine.

 Filmography

1958 ◘ Le Grand Meaulnes (shot in in Super 8; unre-leased)

1961 ◘ A quoi bon! (16-mm short)

1964 ◘ Jean-Luc Godard (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Bienheureux (short; co-director only)

        ◘ Pop' Game (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor; shot in 1966)

        ◘ Ciné-Girl / rereleased in 1973 as Piège à Pucelles (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ La Poupée rouge (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Michetonneuse (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1970)

        ◘ Les Tentations de Marianne / UK DVD: Mari­anne's Temptations (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1975 ◘ Emmanuelle 2 / Emmanuelle l'Antivierge / UK: Emmanuelle 2: The Anti-Virgin / USA: Emmanuelle II / Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman (co-director with Francis Giacobetti)

        ◘ Le Démon dans l'Île / US DVD: Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island (also co-screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Emmanuelle 4 (co-director with Iris Letans)

1990 ◘ Sex et Perestroïka (co-director with François Jouffa; also co-screenwriter)

1993 ◘ Emmanuelle au 7ème Ciel / UK: Emmanuelle 7 (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1995 ◘ Le Secret d'Emmanuelle / Emmanuelle's Secret Eternelle Emmanuelle / Emmanuelle pour tou­jours / Emmanuelle Forever La Revanche d'Emmanuelle / Emmanuelle's Revenge

        ◘ Emmanuelle à Venise / Emmanuelle in Venice Amour d'Emmanuelle / Emmanuelle's Love Le Parfum d'Emmanuelle / Emmanuelle's Per­fume

        ◘ Magique Emmanuelle / Emmanuelle's Magic