Bernard Launois (, born 8 April 1930) is a French exploitation film director, screenwriter and actor. As an actor, he sometimes used the pseudonym Bob Gary. He was born in Mézières, France. After studying pharmacology for two years in the university, he sought a career in the film industry instead. He worked as a trainee editor and then briefly as an assistant director. In 1953, he was employed by Paramount's programming department in Paris. During the 1960s, he worked for several film distribution and production companies, such as and . In 1979, he founded his own company, Lancaster Film, to finance the films he wrote and directed. He also edited film trailers and played minor roles as an actor. His debut film as director, Lâchez les chiennes (; 1972), was an improvised work that he wrote in three days. Devil Story, his seventh and last feature film, gained a cult following despite its reputation as one of the worst films in history. He founded Delta Films and bought a four-theatre multiplex in 1987. He retired from the filmmaking business at the end of the 1980s. Filmography Director 1972: Lâchez les chiennes 1975: Les Dépravées du plaisir or Le Gibier 1976: Les Machines à sous 1976: La Grande Suédoise or Partouzes franco-suédoises 1980: Sacrés gendarmes 1980: Touch' pas à mon biniou or Gueules de vacances 1985: Devil Story or Il était une fois... le diable Producer 1976: Les Machines à sous 1980: Touch' pas à mon biniou or Gueules de vacances Actor 1970: Le Voyageur by 1971: Une Femme libre de Claude Pierson 1971: Chaleurs or La femme créa l'amant by Daniel Daert 1971: Caroline mannequin nu by Daniel Lesueur 1971: Deux mâles pour Alexa (Fieras sin jaula) by Juan Logar 1973: Pigalle carrefour des illusions by Pierre Chevalier 1973: by Christian Lara 1980: Touch' pas à mon biniou or Gueules de vacances 1985: Devil Story or Il était une fois... le diable References External links Living people 1930 births 20th-century French screenwriters Comedy film directors French male film actors French film directors Horror film directors People from Charleville-Mézières