Erika Lust
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Born 1977 in Stockholm, Sweden, Erika Lust (born Erika Hallqvist)
studied at the University of Lund, specialized in Human Rights and
Feminism, and graduated with a Degree in Political Science. She is
screenplay writer, director, producer and author of adult
entertainment.
Her latest and most ambitious project XConfessions combines Erika's groundbreaking cinematic style with the public's own sex stories. Its crowdsourced platform allows users to share their personal sex stories, and Erika handpicks the most inspiring ones and turns them into short films, rising a new wave in erotic cinema. XConfessions has over 50 films released until this date.
In 2004 she moved to Barcelona, Spain, and founded the company Lust Films together with Pablo Dobner. She produced, wrote and directed "The Good Girl" (2004), a short porn film for women which was later incorporated into her award-winning anthology feature film "Five Hot Stories for Her" (2007). One year later she produced an experimental documentary entitled "Barcelona Sex Project" (2008), the feature film "Life Love Lust" (2010) and the exquisite "Cabaret Desire" (2012). She has released two more short films about fetish and BDSM: "Love me like you hate me" (2009) and "Handcuffs" (2010). She wrote the books "Good Porn" (2009), "Love me like you hate me" (2010), written with Venus O'Hara, "Erotic Bible to Europe" (2010), the best-selling novel "La canción de Nora" (2013) and "Let's make a porno: A practical guide to filming sex" (2013).
Her latest and most ambitious project XConfessions combines Erika's groundbreaking cinematic style with the public's own sex stories. Its crowdsourced platform allows users to share their personal sex stories, and Erika handpicks the most inspiring ones and turns them into short films, rising a new wave in erotic cinema. XConfessions has over 50 films released until this date.
In 2004 she moved to Barcelona, Spain, and founded the company Lust Films together with Pablo Dobner. She produced, wrote and directed "The Good Girl" (2004), a short porn film for women which was later incorporated into her award-winning anthology feature film "Five Hot Stories for Her" (2007). One year later she produced an experimental documentary entitled "Barcelona Sex Project" (2008), the feature film "Life Love Lust" (2010) and the exquisite "Cabaret Desire" (2012). She has released two more short films about fetish and BDSM: "Love me like you hate me" (2009) and "Handcuffs" (2010). She wrote the books "Good Porn" (2009), "Love me like you hate me" (2010), written with Venus O'Hara, "Erotic Bible to Europe" (2010), the best-selling novel "La canción de Nora" (2013) and "Let's make a porno: A practical guide to filming sex" (2013).
