José Bénazéraf

José Bénazéraf (8 January 1922, Casablanca, French Morocco - 1 December 2012, Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain) was a French filmmaker and producer who specialised in erotic films. After studying political sciences, he began his film career in 1958 producing Les lavandières du Portugal and went on to direct and write numerous erotic films in the 1960s, starting with L'éternité pour nous (1961). His best-known works include Frustration, Trip to Perversion and I Am a Nymphomaniac. Black Love (1973) was his first film to include hard scenes, and he was among the first directors to make movies with hard-X scenes. He spotted Alban Ceray on stage and launched him into hardcore pornography.