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 flicks 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 films, he worked as a delegate producer on authors' films (1979 Mama cumple cien anos / Maman a Cent Ans / Mamma compie cent'anni / USA: Mama Turns 100, 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 (Tomâs 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)

        ◘ Une Fille libre / Una dopo l'altre / UK: Erotic Love-Games (France / Italy / Canada)

        ◘ 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)

        ◘ J'ai droit au Plaisir / La Clinique (as Andrée Mar­chand; France / Canada)

        ◘ Ah! Si Moine voulait . . . / L'Heptaméron / Vertu-dieu! 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 X 26')