Alain Siritzky

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Alain Siritzky
Born1942
DiedOctober 11, 2014 (aged 7172)
Occupation(s) Film producer, film distributor

Alain Siritzky was a French-American film producer and film distributor in softcore pornography, foremost known as the owner of the Emmanuelle franchise from the 1980s to 2010s.

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Early life

Siritzky was born in New York City in 1942 where his French Jewish family, a dynasty of film producers in France, took refuge during World War II. [1] His family moved to Paris when he was a youngster. [2]

Emmanuelle

Siritzky's career took a turn after the first Emmanuelle film produced by Yves Rousset-Rouard was released in 1974. He proceeded to become a co-producer in Emmanuelle 2 with his company ASP (Alain Siritzky Productions). After Rousset-Rouard ended the series with Goodbye Emmanuelle in 1977, Siritzky acquired all filming rights to the character. The first Emmanuelle release by ASP to resurrect the character was Emmanuelle 4 in 1984, which was followed by more than 80 Emmanuelle sequels for film, television and video. Krista Allen, Holly Sampson, and Allie Haze were among the actresses who played the title character. [2] [3]

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