Scandelari, Jacques

(July 5, 1943, Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine, France - June 2, 1999, Paris, France)

   He collaborated as an uncredited screenwriter on José Benazeraf's Joë Caligula—Du Suif chez les Dabes (1969, shot in 1966) before directing an adaptation of Marquis de Sade's La Philosophie dans le Boudoir and a comedy on the world of advertising starring Michèle Mercier (Macédoine). His last movies were gay porn flicks shot under the pseudonym of Marvin Merkins (1978 New York City Inferno, also screenwriter, dialogist, USA; Un Couple moderne ou Cock Story).

 Filmography

1966 ◘ Models International (short)

        ◘ La Philosophie dans le Boudoir / UK: Philosophy in the Bedroom / USA: Beyond Love and Evil (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; shot in 1969) Macédoine / L'incredibile storia di Marta Dubois (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Le Musée du Cinéma (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Les Passages de Paris (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Un 14 Juillet à Paris (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Les Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris (documentary; short)

1974 ◘ Chroniques de France: Hiver de Paris (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Les Coulisses du Parc zo­ologique (documentary; short)

1975 ◘ Chroniques de France: Michael Denard Danseur Etoile (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Le Métro parisien a 75 Ans (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Le Monde des Jouets (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: La Foire du Trône (documentary; short)

1976 ◘ Monique / USA: Flashing Lights / US video: New York After Midnight (USA)

        ◘ Sade 76 (hard-core version of La Philosophie dans le Boudoir with additional inserts)

        ◘ Chroniques de France: Le Musée de l'Ecole de Médecine (short)

        ◘ Brigade mondaine (also co-screenwriter)