Max Pécas (25 April 1925 in

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– 10 February 2003 in

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) was a French filmmaker, writer and producer. Pécas was assistant director to

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and others from 1948 to 1957. After making erotic movies and thrillers through the 1960s and 1970s, he shot several teen comedies, including the popular three-film "Saint-Tropez" series. Many of his films are considered camp

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s. Some of Pécas's softcore films were imported to the U.S. by

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Filmography

Director

*1960 : '' Le Cercle vicieux'' with Claude Titre,

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*1961 : '' De quoi tu te mêles Daniela?'' ('' Daniella by Night'') with

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*1962 : '' Douce violence'' with

, Pierre Brice *1962 : ''

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*1963 : ''

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'' with

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*1964 : ''

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'' ('' Erotic Touch'') with Fabienne Dali,

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*1965 : '' Espions à l'affût'' with

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, Claudine Coster, Robert Lombard *1966 : '' La peur et l'amour'' with

, Véra Valmont *1968 : '' La Violence et l'amour'' *1968 : '' La Nuit la plus chaude'' ('' The Night of the Outrages'') with

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*1968 : '' The Black Hand'' with James Harris, Janine Reynaud,

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*1970 : ''

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'' ('' Any Time Anywhere'' / '' Her and She and Him'') with

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*1971 : ''

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'' ('' I Am a Nymphomanic'' / '' Young Casanova'' / '' The Sensuous Teenager'') with Sandra Julien *1973 : '' Je suis frigide... pourquoi ?'' ('' I Am Frigid... Why?'' / '' Let Me Love You'') with Sandra Julien,

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*1974 : ''

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*1974 : '' Sexuellement vôtre'' ('' Sexually Yours'' / '' Young Casanova'') with Valérie Boisgel, Henri Genès *1975 : ''

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'' (archive footage) *1975 : '' Les Mille et une perversions de Felicia'' ('' 1001 Perversions of Felicia'') with

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*1976 : '' Luxure'' ('' Everybodys'' / '' Sweet Taste of Honey'') with Karine Gambier *1977 : ''

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*1978 : '' Embraye bidasse, ça fume'' with

, Michel Vocoret *1979 : '' On est venu là pour s'éclater'' with

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*1980 : '' Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu'' with

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*1981 : '' Belles, blondes et bronzées'' with Xavier Deluc, Ticky Holgado *1982 : ''

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*1983 : '' Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez'' with Xavier Deluc, Ticky Holgado,

*1985 : ''

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*1986 : '' Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez'' with Philippe Caroit,

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*1987 : '' On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez'' with

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Screenwriter

* La peur et l'amour (1966) * Belles, blondes et bronzées (1981) * Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez (1983) *

(1985) * Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez (1986) * On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez (1987)

Producer

(1985) * Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez (1986) * On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez (1987)

External links

*
Mac Pecas Spirit, a fan page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pecas, Max 1925 births 2003 deaths French film directors 20th-century French screenwriters Deaths from cancer in France