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François Sagat
François Sagat at the Folsom Street Fair 2009, San Francisco
Born	(1979-06-05) June 5, 1979 (age 45) Cognac, Charente
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Website	http://www.francoissagat.com

François Sagat (born June 5, 1979) is a French male pornographic actor who has appeared in gay pornographic movies. He is best known for his rugged looks and scalp tattoo. He has also appeared at times as a fashion model and starting 2009, he also landed on cinematic roles in films for the general public including Saw VI and lead roles in L.A. Zombie and Homme au bain. In 2011, he started directing and producing with the François Sagat's Incubus adult film series.

Beginnings

François Sagat was born in Cognac, in the south-west of France to French parents of Slovak origins. Sagat moved to Paris at the age of eighteen, hoping to work in the fashion industry. Since childhood, Sagat had been fascinated by fashion and passionate about drawing. After studying fashion for two years in Paris and working briefly as an assistant in various fashion houses, Sagat left the profession. He felt that he had not been given the opportunities he deserved, and has claimed that it actually cost him money to work in the fashion industry, since he was often not paid for his work. He did photographic work for several French companies, but felt he was poorly treated and put his career in front of the camera on hold.

Career in adult films

At the age of twenty-five, François Sagat was contacted by a French pornographic studio called Citébeur. He accepted their offer and, a few weeks later, performed in his first adult film under the screen name Azzedine. It became an instant success, and Sagat decided to seek a full time job in the porn industry.

After several films with Citébeur, he was invited to move to the USA and, there, shot his first scene for the porn film Arabesque by Raging Stallion Studios reverting to his birth name François Sagat from the screen name Azzedine used with Citebeur.

He stayed with Raging Stallion Studios for 2005-2006 before becoming an exclusive porn star at Titan Media doing films for TitanMen series 2007 on. Briefly retiring from the adult industry, he staged his comeback in late 2008 and has recently appeared in the TitanMen video, Full Access, in a scene with fellow porn star Matthew Rush.

As a pornographic actor, he was both top and bottom and also performed BDSM. Although known primarily for his gay movies, he has also appeared in a few bisexual scenes, most notably in the film Gay Arab Club.

In November, 2011, Titan Media announced that François Sagat would return to adult films, this time not only as a performer but as a director and producer. His film François Sagat's Incubus will be released in two parts, with part one releasing in December 2011 and part two in March 2012. On his blog, Sagat would recount the making of the film in clips he shot on set.

Career in movies

Ever so popular with the general public with high visibility, he has been very much involved in non-adult film releases as well developing an acting career. In 2007, he appeared alongside other personalities in Olivier Nicklaus' documentary about nudity in culture entitled La nudité toute nue. The documentary was broadcast on Canal+ and other mainstream television channels.

In 2009, he appeared in the role of a male addict in Saw VI the sixth installment of the Saw film series directed by Kevin Greutert.

Based on this success, in 2010 he appeared in another horror movie directed by Bruce LaBruce in the lead role in L.A. Zombie where he plays role of a homeless schizophrenic man who thinks he's an alien zombie sent to earth, roaming the streets of Los Angeles trying to bring the dead back to life by engaging in homosexual sex.

He also appears in the lead role in Homme au bain (in English Man in Bath) directed by Christophe Honoré. He plays the role of Emmanuel, a gay hustler living with his lover. After a quarell between the two, Emmanuel is left brokenhearted to fend for himself as Omar makes his way to Manhattan. The film separately follows the two men, discovering how their heartbreak gives way to fresh outlooks and doleful acceptance. Director Christopher Honoré told French gay website Yagg.com that he was interested in Sagat because he "redefines the notion of masculinity".

Both L.A. Zombie and Homme au bain premiered at Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland in 2010, making François Sagat the only actor with two lead roles featured in two competition entries during the festival. L.A. Zombie was also due to be screened during the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia but was banned due to a ruling by Australia's Film Classification Board. In their opinion the film would be refused classification.

In popular culture

François Sagat is well known for his distinctive scalp tattoo. In a recent interview he explained that his hair began to thin out a few years ago and he felt that his head was too long and disproportional. In order to make his cranium appear more symmetrical, he decided to get a tattoo that gave the illusion of a hairy scalp. He also added perpendicular lines in appreciation of hip hop style. He has another, equally distinctive tattoo: a combination of a sickle moon and star reminiscent of flags on some Arab country flags. He explained that he loves Arab men and that the tattoo is his tribute to those people and to the cultures he admires and respects. He has a third tattoo, on his left arm which is his surname in Greek letters ΣΑΓΑΤ (read SAGAT). Dildos made from an exact molding of Sagat's genitalia with realistic veins, cock head and foreskin were marketed.

Sagat is very much involved in fashion. When German designer Bernhard Willhelm launched his first ever official collection during Paris Fashion Week, he chose François Sagat for promoting the event and his line of men's wear. This turned into a series François Sagat Classics wear. Selected photographs of Bernhard Willhelm / François Sagat collaboration and inspired by work of Peter Berlin also appeared as calendars. The series was photographed by Lukas Wassmann Sagat has also worked with the French fashion label Fade. He was very much involved in designing clothing and accessories used in his 2-part series François Sagat's Incubus. Sagat is also known as a gifted erotic drawer and draftsman.

Sagat is also involved in many fashionable photoshoots. American fashion photographer Terry Richardson made a short portrait of Sagat. In a military-themed photoshoot, Richardson shows Sagat in various poses wearing the US stars and stripes, or toying with American military accessories and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" written on his ass.

Sagat also keeps an active blog, where he often explores his creativity in diverse and intimate ways, showing in addition to promotional materials, many of his personal art work, intimate looks into his personal life, video takes on various topics and even personal renditions of favorite lyrics from chosen songs.

Sagat is also very much involved in public awareness campaigns. In 2009, with the initiative of French gay site Yagg.com and "Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé" (INPES), Sagat made an advertisement entitled Je mets une capote et du gel that was first broadcast on the World AIDS Day, and where he appears nude showing a simple way of using condom and lubricant.

On 1 March 2011, a new documentary entitled Sagat: The Documentary premiered on the French television channel Canal+, a joint Brenda & Lucy Co./ADL TV/Canal+ production exploring the Sagat personna and phenomenon on world culture trends.

In March 2012, he is launching a musical project entitled Hadès with Sylvia Gobbel, a muse of the late photographer Helmut Newton. Hadès is directed by French Photographic Heritage-awarded Franck Glenisson with symphonic music arranged by Hedayat. The project incorporates a song, a film and 16 erotic photographs of Gobbel and Sagat. The music video is being launched on 5 March 2011.

Personal life

François Sagat is openly gay. He was in a relationship with well-known European porn star Francesco D'Macho. The two have since separated. In a January 2009 interview, Sagat revealed that he resided in Toronto for more than six months while shooting scenes for the movie Saw VI.

Discography

• 2012: "Hadès" (François Sagat and Sylvia Gobbel)

Filmography

Non-pornographic

Documentaries

• 2007: La nudité toute nue – as himself (directed by Olivier Nicklaus)
• 2011: SAGAT: The Documentary - as himself (directed by Pascal Roche and Jérôme M. De Oliveira, a Brenda & Lucy Co./ADL TV/Canal+ production)

Films

• 2009: Saw VI – as a male addict (directed by Kevin Greutert)
• 2010: L.A. Zombie – as a homeless schizophrenic (lead role) (directed by Bruce LaBruce)
• 2010: Homme au bain (English title Man at Bath) – as Emmanuel (lead role) (directed by Christophe Honoré)

Shorts

• 2009: Plan cul - playing himself (Sagat) (directed by Olivier Nicklaus)

Television series

• 2010: Multinauts – playing himself (Sagat) (TV series directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford)

Advertisements / Public awareness

• 2009: Je mets une capote et du gel, a promotional advertisement for Yagg.com It shows François Sagat showing how to use a condom and lubricant for safe sex. It was done by an initiative of the Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé (INPES) (meaning The French National Institute of Prevention and Education for the Health). It was broadacst on World AIDS Day.

Pornographic

Director / Producer

In October 2001, Sagat completed production and filming of his two-part porn film series Incubus for TitanMen. The film acts as Sagat's first foray into filmmaking as writer/director/producer. Production on the film(s) began in 2010. Incubus, Part One was released in December 2011 as TitanMen's 'holiday film'. Incubus, Part Two was released in March 2012. In support of the film, TitanMen created, and in November 2011 released, a 33-minute 'making of' documentary showing scenes from the film and sharing Sagat's proccesses as it was being made.

• 2011: François Sagat's Incubus - Part 1
• 2012: François Sagat's Incubus - Part 2

Actor

Citébeur

• 2005: Wesh Cousin 5 – Relax man (featuring the first porn video of François Sagat)
• 2005: Wesh Cousin 6 – Cho bouillants
• 2005: Univers Black 1 – Matos de blackoss (at UniversBlack.com associated with Citébeur)
• 2006: Wesh Cousin 7 – C'est d'la balle

Diapopic

• 2005: François Sagat : Le DVD
• 2005: Pompiers mis à nu
• 2005: Pompiers mis à nu 2

Raging Stallion

• 2005: Manifesto
• 2005: Hard As Wood
• 2005: Knight After Night
• 2005: Hole Sweet Hole

• 2006: Bedroom Eyes
• 2006: Manhattan
• 2006: Fistpack 7: Twist My Arm
• 2006: Fistpack 8 : Elbow Room
• 2006: Centurion Muscle II – Alpha
• 2006: Escape From San Francisco
• 2006: Tough As Nails
• 2006: Arabesque
• 2006: Lebanon (or Collin O'Neal's World of Men: Lebanon)
• 2006: Humping Iron
• 2006: Stretch
• 2006: Apex
• 2007: Best in Hole
• 2007: Instinct
• 2007: Boners
• 2007: The Best of François Sagat - Volume 1
• 2007: The Best of François Sagat - Volume 2
• 2008: The Best of François Sagat - Volume 3
• 2008: Hairy Boyz 10
• 2009: Piss Off : Hardcore Fetish Series: Pissing #1
• 2009: Muscle Studs 2
• 2009: Fistpack 24: The Best of François Sagat: Fisting
• 2010: Hairy Boyz 15
• 2010: Inked Boyz 2

Titan Media

• 2007: Stretch
• 2007: Folsom Leather
• 2007: Shacked Up
• 2007: H2O
• 2007: SPY Quest 3
• 2007: Breathless
• 2007: Folsom Filth
• 2008: Telescope
• 2008: Breakers
• 2008: Fear
• 2008: Double Standard
• 2008: Telescope
• 2008: P.O.V.
• 2008: Funhouse
• 2009: OverDrive
• 2009: Full Access
• 2010: Search and Rescue
• 2010: Thrust
• 2011: François Sagat's Incubus - Part 1
• 2012: François Sagat's Incubus - Part 2

Falcon Studios

• 2009: Ringside

Overload Releasing

• 2010: Cock Hungy Dick Pigs!

Awards

Wins

• In 2007, he won the award for Best Performer of the Year at the GayVN Awards
• In 2010, he won the award for Best Hair at TLA Gay Awards 2010

Nominations

François Sagat has been nominated for many GayVN and Grabby Awards.

• In 2006, nominated for Best Duo Sex Scene shared with Huessein for Arabesque (at the Grabby Awards)
• In 2007 al at the Grabby Awards
  • Best Performer
  • Best Bottom
  • Best Solo Sex Scene for Manhattan
  • Best Duo Sex Scene shared with Kyle Lewis for Bedroom Eyes
  • Best Three-Way Sex Scene shared with Collin O'Neal and Jacko for Lebanon
• In 2008, nominated for Best Threesome shared with Brendan Davies and Rick Van Sant for Folsom Leather at GayVN Awards

See also

• List of male performers in gay porn films

Notes

• Beautiful blog: A Raging Stallion
• Beautiful blog: The Man Behind the Mask (part 2)
• Un Nouveau Idéal: François Sagat talks to Filep Notwary

References

1. ^ Evers, Rob (2007-09-06). "François Sagat: The Man Behind the Mask Part 1". Beautiful Mag. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
2. ^ Mikey (2007-09-07). "Starr Profile: Francois Sagat". Starrfucker(Jeremy Lucido). Retrieved 2006-09-09.
3. Sagat : Interview exclusive LaLucarne.org (French)
4. Evers, Rob (2006-07-21). "François Sagat: The Man Behind the Mask Part 3". Beautiful Mag. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
5. Huffington Post article by Maxime Donzel: François Sagat: From Gay Porn to Auteur Cinema
6. Eye Weekly: Swiss Choice
7. Kalina, Paul (2010-07-21). "Gay zombie porn gets festival flick". The Age. Melbourne.
8. ^ Evers, Rob (2007-09-07). "François Sagat: The Man Behind the Mask Part 2". Beautiful Mag. Retrieved 2006-07-14.
9. AdultSexToys: Titanmen Francois Sagat Realistic Cock
10. François Sagat for Bernhard Willhelm
11. CatchFire: François Sagat Classics (V): Bernhard Willhelm SS 2008
12. Ethan says: François Sagat for Bernard Wilhelm
13. Interview magazine: Francois Sagat, Uncut – an interview by Thomas Persson
14. François Sagat Photoshoot by Terry Richardson)
15. Entries in his personal blog at Francois Sagat official website
16. Francois Sagat: Straight Or Gay?. Tim and Roma show. 2007-09-21. Event occurs at 0:39. Retrieved 2009-08-02. ROMA: 'I didn't know you were straight.' SAGAT: 'No.' ROMA: 'Oh, you tease. These are fake!' SAGAT: 'No, I'm 200% gay. 200% gay.'
17. Payne, James (2007-08-13). "Only The Very Best Of Francois Sagat". Fleshbot. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
18. JustUsBoys.com Magazine
19. ^ Katz, Lyla (October 28, 2011). "TitanMen Wraps Filming of Francois Sagat's 'Incubus'". XBiz. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
20. staff, Portugese (February 16, 2012). "François Sagat: "Imagino o carnaval carioca como uma viagem de LSD"". Globo. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
21. Morais, Leandro (March 9, 2012). "Astro pornô François Sagat é atração da Festa Fun Sexo". ParaTudo (in Portugese). Retrieved March 14, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
22. Katz, Lyla (November 14, 2011). "TitanMen Releases 'Making of Incubus' Documentary Excerpt". XBiz. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
23. Gay Porn Times: TLA Gay Awards report

External links

• Official website
• FrancoisSagat.fr – first videos of Francois Sagat by citebeur
• François Sagat at IMDb
• François Sagat at the Internet Adult Film Database
• François Sagat at the Adult Film Database

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• 1979 births
• Living people
• People from Cognac
• French expatriates in Canada
• French expatriates in the United States
• French film actors
• French pornographic film actors
• French pornographic film directors
• Gay pornographic film actors
• LGBT people from France