Jean-Daniel Cadinot

Biography

Jean Daniel Cadinot (February 10, 1944 – April 23, 2008) was a French photographer, director and producer of gay pornographic films. Cadinot was born during World War II, in German-occupied Paris, in the Montmartre hill area of the Batignoles Quarter. His parents were tailors who custom fit clothes.Cadinot later remarked that while his parents had clothed men, he earned his reputation for undressing them. As a teenager, Cadinot hoped to become a painter and, due to parental opposition, ran away from home at the age of 17. In the early 1960s, he studied at École des Arts et Métiers and at the National School of Photography. He then began his professional career at Valois Studios, where he directed mainstream films for French-speaking audiences. He first pursued a career in photography, which took on a homosexual angle with his nude portrait of writer Yves Navarre and singer Patrick Juvet. His erotic photographs appeared in the first edition of Gai Pied. He began to sell nude photographs and finally moved to directing movies in 1978. By then, he had published 17 photo albums, with total sales of over 170,000 copies. Setting up his own production company, French Art, Cadinot made …

Directed

1. Tough and Tender (1984) — Director
2. Sacré Collège! (1983) — Director
3. Tender Friends (1980) — Director
4. Hot on the Trail (1984) — Director
5. Becoming Men (1983) — Director
6. Full Exposure (1988) — Director
7. Gamins de Paris (1992) — Director
8. Beach Boys (1982) — Director
9. Scouts (1981) — Director
10. Carnival in Venice (1986) — Director
11. Ski Fever (1985) — Director
12. All of Me (1982) — Director
13. Sex Oasis (1987) — Director
14. A Summer of Sex (1988) — Director
15. Sex Bazaar (1984) — Director
16. Paradisio Inferno (1994) — Director
17. Stop (1980) — Director
18. Top Models (1985) — Director
19. The Service Strairs (1987) — Director
20. Hand in the Fire (1989) — Director
21. Crash Always (1989) — Director
22. Sex Drive (1984) — Director
23. Pressbook (1996) — Director
24. Techno Boys (1997) — Director
25. C'est la vie (2000) — Director
26. Stolen Desires (1996) — Director
27. S.O.S. (1999) — Director
28. Emergency Exit (1998) — Director
29. Tequila (1993) — Director
30. Men Prefer Men (1981) — Director
31. Coming Soon (1983) — Director
32. Garçons de Rêve (1981) — Director
33. Doubles at Play (2000) — Director
34. The Courier (1990) — Director
35. Getting Even (1986) — Director
36. Service Actif (1990) — Director
37. Street Smart (1987) — Director
38. Touch of Magic (1986) — Director
39. Under the Sign of the Stallion (1986) — Director
40. The Traveling Journeymen (1989) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Tough and Tender (1984) — Cop (Cameo Appearance)
2. Eurotrash (1993)
3. Le mystère Cadinot (2005) — Self