{{Short description|French film director (1940–2022)}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Just Jaeckin | image = Just-Jaeckin-1974.png | caption = Just Jaeckin in 1974 (pen portrait) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|08|08}} | birth_place = [[Vichy]], [[Vichy France|French State]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|09|06|1940|08|08}} | death_place = [[Saint-Briac-sur-Mer]], [[France]] | occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[Film producer|producer]], writer | known_for = Director of ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1974) }}
'''Just Jaeckin''' (8 August 1940 – 6 September 2022)<ref>[https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/6891331/deces-de-just-jaeckin-le-realisateur-demmanuelle-a-lage-de-82-ans.html Décès de Just Jaeckin, le réalisateur d'"Emmanuelle", à l'âge de 82 ans] ''[[La Provence]]'' {{in lang|fr}}</ref><ref name="NYT-20220925">{{cite news |last=Shanahan |first=Ed |title=Just Jaeckin, Whose 'Emmanuelle' Was a Scandalous Success, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/movies/just-jaeckin-dead.html |date=25 September 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=26 September 2022 }}</ref> was a French film director, photographer and sculptor. He directed erotic films, starting with [[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|''Emmanuelle'']] in 1974, and continued making movies until he retired from film-making in the 1980s.
==Early life== Jaeckin was born in [[Vichy]], [[Allier]], [[Vichy France|French State]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]], but left with his mother and father for England. Following the end of hostilities, he returned to France where he studied art and photography, before and after serving with the [[French Army]]: while with the army, he shot photographs as commissioned.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}
==Film career== Jaeckin debuted with ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' in 1974, starring [[Sylvia Kristel]], a French [[softcore pornography|softcore]] film which began a series. In 1975 he directed ''[[Story of O (film)|Histoire d'O]]'' (English title: ''Story of O''), starring [[Corinne Cléry]]. The film met with far less acclaim than the [[Story of O|1954 novel]] on which it was based. It was banned in the United Kingdom by the [[British Board of Film Censors]] until February 2000.
A version of ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film)|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (1981) followed, featuring Kristel, [[Shane Briant]], and [[Nicholas Clay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117792405?refcatid=31|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archivedate=6 November 2012|date=31 December 1980|title=Lady Chatterley's Lover|author=Variety Staff|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106223438/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117792405?refcatid=31}}</ref> The film gained widespread publicity owing to its explicit nature, but received generally poor reviews and was only a moderate commercial success.
''[[The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak]]'' (original title ''Gwendoline'') was released in 1984, starring [[Tawny Kitaen]]. The film is loosely based on the [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]]-themed [[comic book|comics]] of [[John Willie]] and on the figure of [[Sweet Gwendoline|Gwendoline]]. [[François Schuiten]] worked as a [[graphic designer]] for the film.
A 1986 article in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' linked Jaeckin and actress [[Mary Louise Weller]] to "an upcoming French film."<ref>{{cite news|author=NANCY MILLS|date=10 August 1986|title=SUMMER STARS|edition=Home 4|page=5|work=Los Angeles Times. (Document ID: 57998634)}}</ref> However, it never appeared.
==Personal life and death== Jaeckin later retired from film-making. He lived in France with his wife Anne and continued to practice photography and sculpture.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Shanahan |first=Ed |date=2022-09-25 |title=Just Jaeckin, Whose 'Emmanuelle' Was a Scandalous Success, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/movies/just-jaeckin-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Jaeckin died from cancer in a hospital near his home in Saint-Malo on 6 September 2022.<ref name=":0" />
==Filmography== ===As director=== ====Theatrical releases==== *''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1974) *''[[Story of O (film)|Story of O]]'' (''Histoire d'O'') (1975) *''[[The French Woman]]'' (''Madame Claude'') (1977) *''[[The Last Romantic Lover]]'' (''Le Dernier Amant romantique'') (1978) *''[[Private Collections]]'' (''Collections privées'') (1979) *''[[Girls (1980 film)|Girls]]'' (1980) *''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film)|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (''L'Amant de lady Chatterley'') (1981) *''[[The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak]]'' (''Gwendoline'') (1984)
====Television releases==== *''Ça c’est Paris''<ref>https://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/35872-ca-cest-paris</ref> *''[[Salut champion]]'', episode ''Formule 1'' and ''Moto story'' (1981)
===As writer=== *''[[The Last Romantic Lover]]'' (''Le Dernier Amant romantique'') (1978) *''[[Girls (1980 film)|Girls]]'' (1980) *''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film)|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (''L'Amant de lady Chatterley'') (1981) *''[[The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak]]'' (''Gwendoline'') (1984)
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==External links== * [https://www.jaeckinfamily.com/ Jaeckinfamily] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150222235912/https://www.jaeckin.fr/ Galerie Anne & Just Jaeckin] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200825145318/https://galerie-jaeckin.com/ Galerie-jaeckin] * {{IMDb name|0415333}} * {{discogs artist|Just Jaeckin}}
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