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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

118

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-01-08

Day of Death

2012-12-01 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Casablanca, Morocco

Also Known As

José Bénazéraf

Biography

José Bénazéraf (8 January 1922 – 1 December 2012) was a French filmmaker and producer who specialised in erotic films. Bénazéraf was born in Casablanca, French Morocco on 8 January 1922. After completing his studies in political sciences, he started his film career in 1958 producing Les lavandières du Portugal, a film by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, and went on to direct and write numerous erotic films in the 1960s. He started to direct erotic feature films in 1961 with L'éternité pour nous. At the end of the 1970s, he moved his attention to the direct-to-video market. He died in Chiclana de la Frontera. Source: Article "José Bénazéraf" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

Hell on the Beach

1966

Hell on the Beach

as

The boss

Night of Lust

1963

Night of Lust

as

Marcel (uncredited)

Sexus

1965

Sexus

as

Breathless

1960

Breathless

as

Man in a White Car (uncredited)

Naked Sex

1973

Naked Sex

as

A spectator at the cinema (uncredited)

Spanish Fly

1985

Spanish Fly

as

(voice)

Joe Caligula: Tallow for the Old Men

1969

Joe Caligula: Tallow for the Old Men

as

L'homme qui suit Brigitte à Pigalle (uncredited)

The Two Dykes

1975

The Two Dykes

as

L'ami d'Yves

The Hideout 2

1975

The Hideout 2

as

Le psychiatre

Production

Crew

Directing