Michel Ricaud is an X film director, born December 6, 1944 and died June 28, 1993, having worked mainly for the producer and distributor Marc Dorcel. He is one of those who have given this often despised genre its reputation. Respectful and respected actresses he filmed, he drowned on the sidelines of the realization of his latest film in the Seychelles in 1993. He also used the pseudonym "Michel Richard".