Caputo, Michel

(1947, Paris, France - )

   Born into a working-class family, he received vo­cational training certificates as a metalworker and draftsman and earned his living as a metalworker with Panhard and Citroën. After shooting a few 16-mm shorts in the 1960s, he was an assistant production designer (1974 Le Seuil du Vide, Jean-François Davy, shot in 1971), production assistant (1975 Exhibition, Jean-François Davy), and first assistant director (1975 Prostitution, Jean-François Davy). He became one of the busiest French porn directors under the pseudonyms of Michel Baudricourt and Michel Jean (from 1976 to 1987). Parallel to his adult moviemaking career, he filmed several comedies. Other credit (as co-screenwriter): 1987 Police des Mœurs (Jean Rougeron).

 Filmography

1979 ◘ Qu'il est joli Garçon l'Assassin de Papa (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1976)

1981 ◘ Si ma Gueule vous plaît...

1983 ◘ Les Planqués du Régiment (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1986 ◘ L'Exécutrice (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)