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 dozens of 16 mm films. Characteristic of Cadinot's films was an emphasis on plot, much more so than in typical porn films. His plots were often based originally on incidents from his own life, but he was known for adjusting the plot during filming to incorporate experiences of his actors. He insisted on realism in his films, especially in sex scenes, saying that the actors "do not portray things that are imposed on them by me, but things they like to do themselves". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mon ami mes amants
(Director)
Men's Museum
(Producer)
Nomades 5: Parfums Erotiques
(Editor)
Nomades: Bazaar Hotel
(Cinematography)
Paradisio Inferno
(Director)
Pressbook
(Still Photographer)
Pressbook
(Writer)
Nomades 4: Princes pervers
(Editor)
Sacré Collège!
(Editor)
S.O.S.
(Music)
S.O.S.
(Director)
Sacré Collège!
(Cinematography)
Safari City
(Writer)
Safari City
(Producer)
Without Limits
(Director)
Service Actif
(Editor)
Service Actif
(Lighting Director)
Service Actif 2
(Editor)
Service Actif 2
(Lighting Director)
Stop
(Director)
Emergency Exit
(Director)
Emergency Exit
(Producer)
Emergency Exit
(Writer)
Subversion
(Editor)
Temptations of Sodom
(Editor)
Temptations of Sodom
(Writer)
Tequila
(Director)
Top Models
(Director)
Video Boys 1
(Director)
Men Prefer Men
(Director)
All of Me
(Writer)
Techno Boys
(Producer)
Touch of Magic
(Producer)
Full Exposure
(Producer)
Without Limits
(Producer)
Without Limits
(Writer)
Beach Boys
(Writer)
Beach Boys
(Producer)
Tequila
(Writer)
Tequila
(Producer)
Service Actif 2
(Producer)
Service Actif 2
(Lighting Design)
Service Actif 2
(Cinematography)
Service Actif 2
(Writer)
Mon ami mes amants
(Producer)
État d'urgence
(Producer)
État d'urgence
(Writer)
Mon ami mes amants
(Writer)
Squat
(Producer)
C'est la vie
(Producer)
Stolen Desires
(Writer)
C'est la vie
(Writer)
C'est la vie
(Cinematography)
Squat
(Writer)
Stolen Desires
(Producer)
Doubles at Play
(Producer)
Doubles at Play
(Writer)
S.O.S.
(Producer)
Coup de soleil
(Writer)
S.O.S.
(Writer)
Cadinot Classics 1
(Director)
Coup de soleil
(Producer)
Nomades 5: Parfums Erotiques
(Writer)
Floor Boys
(Producer)
Paradisio Inferno
(Writer)
Paradisio Inferno
(Producer)
Coming Soon
(Producer)
Floor Boys 2
(Writer)
Floor Boys 2
(Producer)
Floor Boys
(Writer)
Street Smart
(Producer)
Hammam
(Writer)
Carnival In Venice
(Producer)
Under The Sign Of The Stallion
(Producer)
Top Models
(Writer)
Hot On The Trail
(Producer)
Ski Fever
(Producer)
Sex Drive
(Producer)
Tender Friends
(Producer)
Scouts
(Writer)
Top Models
(Producer)
Sex Bazaar
(Writer)
Becoming Men
(Producer)
Garçons de Rêve
(Producer)
Sex Bazaar
(Producer)
The Service Strairs
(Producer)
The Service Strairs
(Writer)
Street Boyz
(Producer)
Scouts
(Producer)
Sacré Collège!
(Producer)
Street Boyz
(Writer)
Working Men
(Writer)
Working Men
(Producer)
Gamins de Paris
(Cinematography)
Gamins de Paris
(Producer)
Private Lessons
(Writer)
A Summer of Sex
(Producer)
A Summer of Sex
(Writer)
Private Lessons
(Producer)
The Courier
(Producer)
The Traveling Journeymen
(Producer)
Crash Always
(Writer)
Crash Always
(Producer)
Tough and Tender
(Producer)
Secrets de famille
(Writer)
Tough and Tender
(Writer)
Maurice and his Friends
(Producer)
Hand In The Fire
(Producer)
Maurice and his Friends
(Writer)
Nomades: Bazaar Hotel
(Writer)
Nomades 2: Oriental Pleasures
(Writer)
Nomades 2: Oriental Pleasures
(Editor)
Nomades 3: Les portes du desir
(Editor)
Nomades 3: Les portes du desir
(Writer)
Nomades 4: Princes pervers
(Writer)
Nomades 6: Trésors secrets
(Writer)
Cadinot Classics 1
(Writer)
Subversion
(Writer)
Cadinot Classics 1
(Producer)
Duos de choc
(Writer)
Stop
(Writer)
Men Prefer Men
(Writer)
Men Prefer Men
(Producer)
Stop
(Producer)
Cadinot: The Best 3
(Director)
Cadinot: The Best 6
(Director)
Cadinot: The Best 4
(Director)
Coming Soon
(Director)
All of Me
(Director)
Floor Boys 2
(Director)
Cadinot Classics 2
(Director)
Garçons de Rêve
(Director)
Garçons de Rêve
(Writer)
Gamins de Paris
(Director)
Gamins de Paris
(Writer)
Tough and Tender
(Director)
Thick 'n Creamy
(Director)
Dream Boys 2
(Director)
Beach Boys
(Director)
The Service Strairs
(Director)
Scouts
(Director)
Dream Boys
(Director)
In Tense Heat
(Director)
Sex Oasis
(Director)
Doubles at Play
(Director)
A Summer of Sex
(Director)
Sacré Collège!
(Director)
Sex Oasis
(Producer)
Corps d'élite
(Director)
Corps d'élite
(Art Direction)
Tender Friends
(Writer)
Tender Friends
(Director)
Hot On The Trail
(Camera Operator)
Hot On The Trail
(Writer)
Hand In The Fire
(Writer)
Hand In The Fire
(Director)
Hot On The Trail
(Director)
Tough and Tender
(Screenplay)
Tough and Tender
(Dialogue)
Sex Oasis
(Writer)
Sacré Collège!
(Writer)
Becoming Men
(Writer)
Becoming Men
(Director)
Carnival In Venice
(Screenplay)
Carnival In Venice
(Director)
The Courier
(Director)
The Courier
(Writer)
Full Exposure
(Writer)
The Courier
(Director of Photography)
Crash Always
(Director)
Getting Even
(Director)
Full Exposure
(Director)
Getting Even
(Writer)
Service Actif
(Director)
Sex Bazaar
(Director)
Under The Sign Of The Stallion
(Director)
Street Smart
(Director)
Ski Fever
(Writer)
Sex Drive
(Director)
Ski Fever
(Director)
Sex Drive
(Writer)
Street Smart
(Writer)
Under The Sign Of The Stallion
(Writer)
Touch of Magic
(Writer)
Touch of Magic
(Director)
The Traveling Journeymen
(Writer)
The Traveling Journeymen
(Editor)
The Traveling Journeymen
(Director)
The Traveling Journeymen
(Director of Photography)
The Traveling Journeymen
(Lighting Director)
Hammam
(Director)
Maurice and his Friends
(Director)
Service Actif 2
(Director)
Pressbook
(Director)
The Cult of Love
(Director)
Squat
(Director)
Safari City
(Director)
Les Minets de l'info
(Director)
Cadinot: The Best 2
(Director)
Cadinot: The Best 1
(Director)
Nomades 5: Parfums Erotiques
(Director)
Nomades: Bazaar Hotel
(Director)
Nomades 3: Les portes du desir
(Director)
Nomades 4: Princes pervers
(Director)
Nomades 2: Oriental Pleasures
(Director)
Nomades 6: Trésors secrets
(Director)
Techno Boys
(Director)
Techno Boys
(Writer)
Men's Museum
(Director)
Men's Museum
(Writer)
Crescendo
(Director)
Coup de soleil
(Director)
Incredible Experience
(Director)
Secrets de famille
(Director)
Temptations of Sodom
(Director)
Nomades 6: Trésors secrets
(Editor)
C'est la vie
(Director)
Subversion
(Director)
Angels and Demons
(In Memory Of)
Stolen Desires
(Director)
The Painter's Master Stroke
(Director)
Private Lessons
(Director)
Crescendo
(Writer)
Crescendo
(Cinematography)
Crescendo
(Editor)
The Blue House
(Director)
Cadinot: The Best 5
(Director)
Doubles at Play
(Lighting Technician)
Coming Soon
(Writer)
Duos de choc
(Director)
État d'urgence
(Director)
Duos de choc
(Editor)
Dream Boys
(Writer)
Floor Boys
(Director)
Hammam
(Cinematography)
Working Men
(Director)
The Cult of Love
(Writer)
The Blue House
(Lighting Director)
The Blue House
(Producer)
The Blue House
(Writer)
The Blue House
(Camera Operator)
Les Minets de l'info
(Writer)
Les Minets de l'info
(Producer)
Incredible Experience
(Producer)
Incredible Experience
(Writer)
Street Boyz
(Director)
Insatiable
(Writer)
Insatiable
(Director)
Insatiable
(Producer)
Cadinot Classics 3
(Director)
Cadinot Classics 4
(Director)
Cadinot Classics 7
(Director)
Night Dreams
(Director)
Cadinot Classics 6
(Director)
Cadinot Classics 5
(Director)