Emmanuelle Arsan
Writing
Born January 19, 1932 in Bangkok, Thailand
'Emmanuelle Arsan' (her pen name, originally Marayat Bibidh) was a Thai writer, actor, and director, best known for her novel "Emmanuelle: Joys of a Woman" which happened at the right place and the right time of women's sexual liberation. It gave birth to a genre of film with the French series "Emmanuelle" starring Sylvia Kristel and many other Italian knockoffs starring Arsan lookalike Laura Gemser. Despite her very limited experience with the film industry (having a small but important role in The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen), Arsan decided to ride the wave and attempt to write and star in her own erotic fantasy film "Forever Emmanuelle" in the late 1970's with a largely Italian cast and crew. Producer Ovidio G. Assonitis had a major falling out with the film's two directors Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane and Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli, which led to the film being credited to have been "Directed by: Anonymous". This in turn caused speculation that Arsan herself had directed the film.
Filmography
Emmanuelle
D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
Self - presumed novelist (archive footage)
Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Forbidden Pleasures
Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Sexy Bite
Emmanuelle Through Time: Sex, Chocolate & Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle Through Time: Rod Steele 0014 & Naked Agent 0069
Adventures Into the Woods: A Sexy Musical
Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Supernatural Sexual Activity
Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Skin City
Emmanuelle - The Private Collection: Jesse's Secret Desires
Emmanuelle - The Private Collection: The Sex Lives Of Ghosts
Emmanuelle - The Private Collection: Sexual Spells
Emmanuelle - The Private Collection: Sex Talk
Emmanuelle - The Private Collection: Emmanuelle vs. Dracula
Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle Pie
Emmanuelle - The Private Collection: Sex Goddess
Emmanuelle - The Private Collection: The Art of Ecstasy
Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle's Sensual Pleasure
Emmanuelle 2000: Jewel of Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle and the Art of Love
Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle's Intimate Encounters
Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle in Paradise
Emmanuelle 2000: Being Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle in Space 7: The Meaning of Love
Emmanuelle in Space 6: One Last Fling
Emmanuelle in Space 5: A Time to Dream
Emmanuelle in Space 4: Concealed Fantasy
Emmanuelle in Space 3: A Lesson in Love
Emmanuelle in Space 2: A World of Desire
Emmanuelle: First Contact
Emmanuelle 7
Emmanuelle's Secret
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Emmanuelle's Magic
Emmanuelle's Love
Emmanuelle in Venice
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Emmanuelle Forever
Emmanuelle 6
Emmanuelle 5
Emmanuelle 4
Emmanuelle 3
Nea
Laure
Myrte
Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
Emmanuelle
The Sand Pebbles
Maily