Michel Ricaud

Michel Ricaud is an X film director, born December 6, 1944 and died June 28, 1993, having worked mainly for the producer and distributor Marc Dorcel. He is one of those who have given this often despised genre its reputation. Respectful and respected actresses he filmed, he drowned on the sidelines of the realization of his latest film in the Seychelles in 1993. He also used the pseudonym "Michel Richard".

After having studied applied arts and directed a publicity box, Michel Ricaud worked in the late 1960s as a publisher. He then publishes erotic newspapers such as Sexy roman or Sex-Hebdo which are sold by correspondence. His productions becoming more and more hard, he undergoes several prohibitions and numerous lawsuits.

In the early 1980s, he directed for Proserpine his first pornographic film in video titled "Et il voulut être une femme " who staged the intimate life of a transsexual, after making many movies in cinema format from 1972 In the years 1980 to 1990, Michel Ricaud is a prolific director and one of the most appreciated of the public. He directed Du boudoir au trottoir (1988), La femme en noir (1988), Les putes de l'autoroute (1990), La vénus bleue (1994) and Etreintes à la prison de femmes (1989).