Eric Rochat

Éric Rochat
Born	18 october 1936 Paris
Died	5 August 2003 Rio de Janeiro
Citizenship	French
Occupation	Film producer, director, screenwriter

Éric Rochat (October 18, 1936 in Paris – October 5, 2003 in Rio de Janeiro) was a French film producer, director and scriptwriter. He is mostly known for his success in producing erotic movies.

He started his cinematographic career as a producer with François Reichenbach portraying musicians such as Arthur Rubinstein in 1969, and Yehudi Menuhin in 1971.

In 1972, Rochat partnered with Claude Giroux to produce his first feature film, The Killer starring Jean Gabin as the chef of police 'Le Guen'. The movie casting also offered Gerard Depardieu his first movie role. In 1973 they produced The Dominici Affair starring Jean Gabin as Gaston Dominici.

In 1975, after buying the rights of Story of O, book written by Pauline Reage, from his partner Claude Giroux, Rochat produced the erotic cult film Story of O directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Corinne Clery.

In 1976, Rochat produced Sex O’Clock USA, a French non-fiction feature documentary directed by François Reichenbach. The feature film reviews the hidden sexuality of a highly puritanical US society.

Then in 1980, Rochat produced Tusk, directed by surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky, and based on the novel Poo Lorn of the Elephants, by Reginald Campbell.

In 1981, the story of the icon of the times, Coco Chanel, is brought to the screen in Chanel Solitaire, produced by George Kaczender, starring Marie-France Pisier, Lambert Wilson and Timothy Dalton.

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