Emmanuelle Arsan
Writing
'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.
Known for
Writing45
movieEmmanuelle
2024
Novel
movieEmmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle Pie
2003
Characters
movieEmmanuelle: First Contact
1994
Characters
movieEmmanuelle 7
1993
Characters
movieEmmanuelle's Secret
1993
Characters
movieEmmanuelle's Perfume
1993
Characters
movieEmmanuelle's Magic
1993
Characters
movieEmmanuelle in Venice
1993
Characters
movieEmmanuelle's Revenge
1993
Characters
movieEmmanuelle Forever
1993
Characters
movieNea
1976
Writer
movieLaure
1976
Writer, Story
movieEmmanuelle
1974
Novel
Acting3
movieD'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
2024
Self - presumed novelist (archive footage)
movieLaure
1976
Myrte
Directing1
movieLaure
1976
Director