Peter de Rome

Birth : 1924-06-28, Juan-les-Pins, Côte d'Azur, France

Death : 2014-06-21

History

Peter de Rome was a writer, photographer, and director of gay-themed, erotic films. De Rome was born in Juan-les-Pins, Côte d'Azur, France, grew up in England, and became an American citizen in 1997.

Movies

Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn
Self
Pioneer erotic film maker Peter de Rome talks about his life and work.
Fragments: The Incomplete Films of Peter de Rome
Himself
Filmmaker Peter de Rome talks about his career and some of the many projects he never finished.
Abracadaver!
Roderick / The Great Markowski
A demented magician seeks a new assistant in this gruesome tale of magic and mutilation. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
In Heat
Director
The weather in New York is hot, hazy, and humid. Three handsome, horny young urban professionals rise with the sun in a hot morning session. Bodies flex and stretch through a sweat-soaked A.M. workout. A New York marathoner races into sexual delirium at the 21st mile. And into a New York night: dangerously real, sexually explosive.
Private Collection
Camera Operator
A collection of six short films that represent the personal obsessions and private fantasies of the filmmakers and actors involved.
Private Collection
Director
A collection of six short films that represent the personal obsessions and private fantasies of the filmmakers and actors involved.
Brown Study
Director
Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
The Destroying Angel
Writer
A conflicted young seminarian named Caswell Campbell takes a three month sabbatical from his studies to explore his less Judeo-Christian impulses: casual gay sex and drugs.
The Destroying Angel
Director
A conflicted young seminarian named Caswell Campbell takes a three month sabbatical from his studies to explore his less Judeo-Christian impulses: casual gay sex and drugs.
Good Hot Stuff
Director
A narrated history of Hand-in-Hand Films, including excerpts from Left-Handed, The Night Before, The Erotic Films Of Peter de Rome, Adam & Yves, Drive, Ballet Down the Highway, Wanted: Billy the Kid, and James Bidgood's unreleased Bagdad.
Good Hot Stuff
Himself
A narrated history of Hand-in-Hand Films, including excerpts from Left-Handed, The Night Before, The Erotic Films Of Peter de Rome, Adam & Yves, Drive, Ballet Down the Highway, Wanted: Billy the Kid, and James Bidgood's unreleased Bagdad.
Adam & Yves
Songs
An American in Paris meets a young Frenchman who likes to mix sex play with a complicated mind game based on scenes from famous films.
Adam & Yves
Editor
An American in Paris meets a young Frenchman who likes to mix sex play with a complicated mind game based on scenes from famous films.
Adam & Yves
Camera Operator
An American in Paris meets a young Frenchman who likes to mix sex play with a complicated mind game based on scenes from famous films.
Adam & Yves
Writer
An American in Paris meets a young Frenchman who likes to mix sex play with a complicated mind game based on scenes from famous films.
Adam & Yves
Director
An American in Paris meets a young Frenchman who likes to mix sex play with a complicated mind game based on scenes from famous films.
Drive
Colin
Drag queen Arachne tries to take over the world by stealing a drug that would eliminate one's sex drive, but secret agent Clark is on the case.
The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome
Editor
In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.
The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome
In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.
The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome
Director of Photography
In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.
The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome
Writer
In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.
The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome
Director
In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.
Prometheus
Director
Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome"
Underground
Director
Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
Mumbo Jumbo
Director
Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
Daydreams from a Crosstown Bus
Director
Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
The Second Coming
Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
Green Thoughts
Director
The Second Coming
Director
Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
Encounter
Writer
A number of young men wander through the streets of New York in a dream-like trance before finally coming together in a secret tactile ritual. Directed by legendary filmmaker Peter de Rome, this wordless erotic fantasy is presented here with a new score by Stephen Thrower.
Encounter
Director
A number of young men wander through the streets of New York in a dream-like trance before finally coming together in a secret tactile ritual. Directed by legendary filmmaker Peter de Rome, this wordless erotic fantasy is presented here with a new score by Stephen Thrower.
Encounter
Director
A number of young men wander through the streets of New York in a dream-like trance before finally coming together in a secret tactile ritual. Directed by legendary filmmaker Peter de Rome, this wordless erotic fantasy is presented here with a new score by Stephen Thrower.
The Fire Island Kids
Cinematography
Sun, sea and sex provide the basic ingredients for one of de Rome’s most uncomplicated and highly enjoyable narrative films. Complete with a fur-lined seduction lair, an impromptu free-form dance sequence and tactile play in the neighbour’s pool…
The Fire Island Kids
Editor
Sun, sea and sex provide the basic ingredients for one of de Rome’s most uncomplicated and highly enjoyable narrative films. Complete with a fur-lined seduction lair, an impromptu free-form dance sequence and tactile play in the neighbour’s pool…
The Fire Island Kids
Writer
Sun, sea and sex provide the basic ingredients for one of de Rome’s most uncomplicated and highly enjoyable narrative films. Complete with a fur-lined seduction lair, an impromptu free-form dance sequence and tactile play in the neighbour’s pool…
Moulage
Director
An artist takes a plaster cast of a nude male's body. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
The Fire Island Kids
Director
Sun, sea and sex provide the basic ingredients for one of de Rome’s most uncomplicated and highly enjoyable narrative films. Complete with a fur-lined seduction lair, an impromptu free-form dance sequence and tactile play in the neighbour’s pool…
Hot Pants
Director
Double Exposure
Cinematography
In a fancy villa, a young man and a nude youth cruise each other but never touch.
Double Exposure
Writer
In a fancy villa, a young man and a nude youth cruise each other but never touch.
Double Exposure
Director
In a fancy villa, a young man and a nude youth cruise each other but never touch.
Scopo
Director
When a young man arrives at an empty apartment, he is unaware that a stranger is watching him.