Jean Daniel Cadinot (February 10, 1944 – April 23, 2008) was a French photographer, director and producer of gay pornographic films.

Cadinot was born during World War II, in German-occupied Paris, in the Montmartre hill area of the Batignoles Quarter. His parents were tailors who custom fit clothes.Cadinot later remarked that while his parents had clothed men, he earned his reputation for undressing them.

As a teenager, Cadinot hoped to become a painter and, due to parental opposition, ran away from home at the age of 17. In the early 1960s, he studied at École des Arts et Métiers and at the National School of Photography. He then began his professional career at Valois Studios, where he directed mainstream films for French-speaking audiences.

He first pursued a career in photography, which took on a homosexual angle with his nude portrait of writer Yves Navarre and singer Patrick Juvet. His erotic photographs appeared in the first edition of Gai Pied. He began to sell nude photographs and finally moved to directing movies in 1978. By then, he had published 17 photo albums, with total sales of over 170,000 copies.

Setting up his own production company, French Art, Cadinot made dozens of 16 mm films.

Characteristic of Cadinot's films was an emphasis on plot, much more so than in typical porn films. His plots were often based originally on incidents from his own life, but he was known for adjusting the plot during filming to incorporate experiences of his actors. He insisted on realism in his films, especially in sex scenes, saying that the actors "do not portray things that are imposed on them by me, but things they like to do themselves".

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卡迪诺（Cadinot）在第二次世界大战期间出生于德国占领的巴黎，位于巴蒂诺莱斯区（Batignoles Quarter）的蒙马特山地区。他的父母是定制衣服的裁缝。卡迪诺特后来说道--他的父母以给男人穿衣服为生，而他因给男人脱衣服而为名。

十几岁的时候，卡迪诺特希望成为一名画家，由于父母的反对，他在17岁那年就离家出走。在1960年代初期，他就读于法国艺术和美铁艺术学院以及国立摄影学院。之后他在Valois Studios开始了他的职业生涯，在那儿他为法语观众导演了些主流电影。

他首先从事的是摄影事业，与作家伊夫•纳瓦拉（Yves Navarre）和歌手帕特里克•朱维特（Patrick Juvet）的同性恋裸体画像。他的色情照片出现在第一版的盖皮德（Gai Pied）中。他开始出售裸照，并于1978年最终转行从事电影导演。在那时前，他已出版了17本相册，总销量超过170,000张。

卡迪诺成立了自己的制作公司“法国艺术”，用16毫米胶片制作了数十部成人电影。

卡迪诺电影的特点是强调情节，剧情在他那儿比典型色情电影要更重要。而剧情通常最初是根据他自己生活中的事件而定，不过他在拍摄过程中因结合演员个人经历而调整情节闻名。他在影片中坚持写实主义，尤其是在性爱场面中，评价道演员们“不是描绘我强加给他们的东西，而是描绘他们喜欢自己做的事”。

到1998年，他已执导了54部电影，其中一些以化名Tony Dark命名。

2004年，他获得了FICEB HeatGay最佳导演奖（《法国秘密》 -法国艺术）。

2008年，摄影师兼电影製片人让·丹尼尔·卡迪诺（Jean Daniel Cadinot）在心脏病发作后的4月23日去世，享年64岁。

Jean-Daniel Cadinot, né le 10 février 1944 à Paris où il est mort le 23 avril 2008, est un réalisateur et producteur français de films pornographiques gay. Il est l'un des réalisateurs les plus connus du genre en France